Being and Nothingness

1:2). Also in Hesiod 's Theogony, it is said that," First of all Chaos came into being; but next wide-breasted Gaea" (Theogony 116-117). Both of these statements show how Genesis and Theogony explain that their creators created everything out of a void, nothingness, or chaos. This is important to understanding both of these works, as it must be noted that the Gods or God essentially saved us all from the deep nothingness that existed. Furthermore, another similarity that both the Book of Genesis…

I feel that the reason why we all fear death is that there is nothing after death, just an endless state of nothingness, not even unconsciousness. Not even blackness, not even no thought, an absence of anything, thought, processes, colour or anything, just an eternity of nothingness, not even darkness, just nonexistence. And the reason why my biggest fear is death as whenever I think of death, pain is the first word that comes into my mind. Although…

flawed. The conceivability argument is in favor of dualism, suggesting the existence of a non-physical mind. It points out how if one thing can exist without another, then they are two separate things. For example, if a cat can exist without also being a feline, then they are two separate things. However, it is not possible to accurately conceive of a cat that is not also a feline, so they are one and the same. This concept…

In 1933 the prose piece, “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place,” was written by the famous author Ernest Hemingway. The story consists of an old deaf mad in a cafe, drinking quietly near closing time, being attended by two waiters, the young waiter and the old waiter, the younger one is eager to close and go home causing him to rush the customer, while the older waiter is considerate and relates to the emotional despair of the old man. Hemingway communicates insight to his mind with the presentation of…

to Judaism is that Elohim (God) designed the world and believe that human beings are Elohim’s creation. A Huge number of Jews consider that the Genesis account is completely true and that the world was formed in 6 days. From this view, the world is 5,767 years old in 2006. The followers of Torah (i.e., jews) believe that each thing in the universe excluding God was brought into existence by Him out of nothingness. There was nothing except for God before creation. There existed no…

systems. Vacuum, is the absence of air or any other matter basically, its nothingness. The lack of pressure causes body fluids to…

into an empty shell of a person. The story reveals her effort to escape the cipher of her being as she ‘uses’ Jean and in the end commits suicide, in order to not be a nothing even if it means to be reduced, to feel pain / death. Miss Julie is a cipher in many ways. Her family’s wealth is supposed to be a positive aspect in her life. Yet she seems to feel oppressed by it, with the expectations and being defined by a level of class. Her approach towards Jean is reasonable if she wants to lower…

drinking a specific kind of drug. After finding the way to pass through the gate the narrator applies that method and gets to pass through it only to find absolute and infinite nothingness (Class Notes). What is the intriguing part of the story is that the narrator finally finds peace and comfort in his meaningful nothingness, after a period of suffering and…

In “The Nothingness Forest,” by Margareta Ekström, the central character ventures out into the world longing for adventure and freedom, ideas she associates with growing up, but realizes that the loneliness her growing up brings is the worst possible repercussion. While she wanders around in the forest, her dog tries to guide her back to safety and home, “but the child is only aware of his keeping her from the one thing that is important and fun: walking” (Ekström 105). She aspires to explore…

sit for hours in a clean, well-lit café drinking his worries away, feeling nothing but the emptiness of the room throughout the late-night hours. Although he is essentially in his own private world, sitting by himself in the café is not the same as being…