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Nothing A Philosophical History Roy Sorensen

Name: Nothing A Philosophical History Roy Sorensen
SKU: BELL-49596428
Price: 31.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.1 (20 reviews)

SKU: BELL-49596428

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Nothing A Philosophical History Roy Sorensen instant download after payment.

Publisher: OUP USA

File Extension: PDF

File size: 29.76 MB

Pages: 288

Author: Roy Sorensen

ISBN: 9780199742837, 0199742839

Language: English

Year: 2022

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Nothing A Philosophical History Roy Sorensen by Roy Sorensen 9780199742837, 0199742839 instant download after payment.

An entertaining history of the idea of nothing - including absences, omissions, and shadows - from the Ancient Greeks through the 20th century
How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an emptiness as ineffectual as a shadow. In fact, 'nothing' is one of the most powerful ideas the human mind has ever conceived. This short and entertaining book by Roy Sorensen is a lively tour of the history and philosophy of nothing, explaining how various thinkers throughout history have conceived and grappled with the mysterious power of absence ― and how these ideas about shadows, gaps, and holes have in turned played a very positive role in the development of some of humankind's most important ideas. Filled with Sorensen's characteristically entertaining mix of anecdotes, puzzles, curiosities, and philosophical speculation, the book is ordered chronologically, starting with the Taoists, the Buddhists, and the ancient Greeks, moving forward to the middle ages and the early modern period, then up to the existentialists and present day philosophy. The result is a diverting tour through the history of human thought as seen from a novel and unusual perspective.