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Full Idea
Affirmation of existence is nothing but denial of the number nought.
Gist of Idea
Affirmation of existence is just denial of zero
Source
Gottlob Frege (Grundlagen der Arithmetik (Foundations) [1884], §53)
Book Ref
Frege,Gottlob: 'The Foundations of Arithmetic (Austin)', ed/tr. Austin,J.L. [Blackwell 1980], p.65
A Reaction
Mathematicians - don't you luv 'em. No doubt this is helpful in placing existence within the great network of logical inferences, but his 'nothing but' is laughable. I don't see much existential anguish in the denial of zero.