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tiny elvis

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9. nothing, among the other things it is not, is not the opposite of anything
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 12:05 AM
Mar 2013

if nothing were the opposite of anything, then it would occupy a place that,
by its nature of exclusion of everything, allows no thing to exactly oppose any other thing

i mean that in this case the opposite of something is the opposite of everything,
and that would exclude the opposite of things being things,
because a designated place of opposition will not be occupied by both a thing and nothing
or even two things

the word is not the thing
zero and none are amounts used for sums
this is elementary and does not need repeated questioning

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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
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