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Philosophy

rrneck

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3. It could be

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 11:48 AM

Mar 2013

if somebody wanted it to be so. In a way, it might already be so from what I understand about Buddhism and zen.

Metaphors are everywhere.

Edit:

Circles are a fundamental symbol in many cultures. Somehow I'm not surprised to find the conception of zero represented as a circle.

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Zero rrneck Mar 2013 #1

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It could be rrneck Mar 2013 #3

Mathematically... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #4

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That's not Free... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #6

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~~~ discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2013 #8

nothing, among the other things it is not, is not the opposite of anything tiny elvis Mar 2013 #9

That would be impossible, given the strict definition of nothing. Dash87 Apr 2013 #10

In the logical sense... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2013 #11

Nothing is not something. It is the not of everything else. Gravitycollapse Apr 2013 #12

I don't believe in opposites outside of the imagination, but ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #13