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  2. Absence of good - Wikipedia

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    In the bodies of animals, disease and wounds mean nothing but the absence of health; for when a cure is effected, that does not mean that the evils which were present—namely, the diseases and wounds—go away from the body and dwell elsewhere: they altogether cease to exist; for the wound or disease is not a substance, but a defect in the ...

  3. De mortuis nil nisi bonum - Wikipedia

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    The full Latin sentence is usually abbreviated into the phrase (De) Mortuis nihil nisi bonum, "Of the dead, [say] nothing but good."; whereas free translations from the Latin function as the English aphorisms: "Speak no ill of the dead," "Of the dead, speak no evil," and "Do not speak ill of the dead."

  4. Tohu wa-bohu - Wikipedia

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    Tohuw is frequently used in the Book of Isaiah in the sense of "vanity", but bohuw occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible (outside of Genesis 1:2, the passage in Isaiah 34:11 mentioned above, [5] and in Jeremiah 4:23, which is a reference to Genesis 1:2), its use alongside tohu being mere paronomasia, and is given the equivalent translation of ...

  5. Existential nihilism - Wikipedia

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    Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".

  6. Matthew 10:42 - Wikipedia

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    Glossa Ordinaria: "Or, the least are they who have nothing at all in this world, and shall be judges with Christ." [ 3 ] Hilary of Poitiers : " Or; Seeing beforehand that there would be many who would only glory in the name of Apostleship, but in their whole life and walk would be unworthy of it, He does not therefore deprive of its reward that ...

  7. Ayin and Yesh - Wikipedia

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    Ayin (Hebrew: אַיִן, lit. 'nothingness', related to אֵין ʾên, lit. ' not ') is an important concept in Kabbalah and Hasidic philosophy.It is contrasted with the term Yesh (Hebrew: יֵשׁ, lit.

  8. Matthew 5:13 - Wikipedia

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    The exact meaning of the expression is disputed, [13] in part because salt had a wide number of uses in the ancient world. Salt was extremely important in the time period when Matthew was written, and ancient communities knew that salt was a requirement of life. [14]

  9. Nothing - Wikipedia

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    Nothing, no-thing, or no thing, is the complete absence of anything as the opposite of something and an antithesis of everything. The concept of nothing has been a matter of philosophical debate since at least the 5th century BC.