Imagine, if you will, a cosmic leaver; on one end, the concept of zero, and on the other, the concept of everything. As both are equally impossible, — SamuelVIII
Zero and Infinity are impossible because they can't stand alone. — oranssi
You first lose me here. Why would the concepts of zero and everything be impossible on your view? — Terrapin Station
Samuel, I share the exact same views as yours. I understood perfectly everything you said. It is uncanny when two minds that embrace the paradox cross (virtual) paths. — oranssi
Not zero and everything, zero and anything. — SamuelVIII
To understand a concept we have to know what it is and what it is not. — oranssi
Imagine, if you will, a cosmic leaver; on one end, the concept of zero, and on the other, the concept of everything. As both are equally impossible, then the balance is assured; but in the middle, within the fulcrum, exists our reality. A perfect balance of yes and no.
I like the analogy, but I wonder why you think the nominal is balanced with the phenomenal or with a shade of difference, why being is balanced with seeming? I think they are connected by language, where language is thought of as a road that leads up and down the hill (to steal a very old thought), the road is the same up or down the hill and really all we have is the road, with its twists and turns sharp inclines and steep declines. — Cavacava
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