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- Dictionarynothingness/ˈnʌθɪŋnɪs/
noun
- 1. the absence or cessation of life or existence: "the fear of the total nothingness of death" Similar Opposite
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1 day ago · Śūnyatā (/ ʃ uː n j ə ˈ t ɑː / shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "Insubstance", [1] "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", [2] or "nothingness" [3] is an Indian philosophical concept.
1 day ago · The culmination of the path that the Buddha taught was nirvana, "a place of nothingness...nonpossession and...non-attachment...[which is] the total end of death and decay." [40] Ajahn Amaro, an ordained Buddhist monk of more than 40 years, observes that in English nothingness can sound like nihilism.
3 days ago · While nihilism teaches us that the universe owes us nothing, objectivism shows that we owe it to ourselves to decide what is worth striving for. In the end, the love that persists, the promise of reunion, the embrace of the void, and the pursuit of our values all reveal one powerful truth: the profound freedom to create our own meaning and define our path in an otherwise indifferent world.
2 days ago · Aniconic carving representing the final nirvana of a Buddha at Sanchi. Nirvana (Sanskrit: निर्वाण; IAST: nirvāṇa; Pali: nibbāna) is the extinguishing of the passions, [1] the "blowing out" or "quenching" of the activity of the grasping mind and its related unease. [2] .
2 days ago · Anselm began with the concept of God as that than which nothing greater can be conceived (aliquid quo nihil majus cogitari possit). To think of such a being as existing only in thought and not also in reality involves a contradiction.
2 days ago · the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
5 days ago · From clarity to tolerance: here’s your quick guide to why philosophy is important today, as well as how it can improve your life.
