Tezos

Nothing comes from nothing

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Description

An overused saying in chinese 無中生有, creation out of nothing, but there exist no equivalent phrase to counter the concept. To me, this is a strange contrast to western philosophy literature, where it’s easy to find the two opposing views, in the forms of creatio ex nihilo and ex nihilo nihil fit, that is creation out of nothing and nothing comes from nothing. The implied logic of nothing comes from nothing, is that all things are from something. When taken literally, nothing comes from nothing, it’s if nothing is a thing-in-itself. Interpretations are somewhat in that spectrum. But I cannot find any common phrase in Chinese that is both succinct, symmetric, and at the same time a reflection to 無中生有. So, if I were to invent a phrase, what I’d like to say, is 無中本無. Which would translate more like, in nothing, there is nothing, or maybe the start of nothing is in nothing. This work is to find nothingness in nothing. This is an accompaniment to the generative work https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/8659 More details: https://medium.com/@jimiwen/nothing-comes-from-nothing-ce61aa574f4f

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Tag

calligraphy

Tag

zen

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書法

Token

Contract: KT1RJ6...xton
Token ID: 703226

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