APPENDIX Z14: “Nothing”
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APPENDIX Z14:
“Nothing”
It would be incorrect, of course, to imply or
infer
infer
that Summa maintains that NOTHING preceded all.
That position, respectfully, would, by denition, be a
metaphysical ‘dead end.’
The ‘starting point’ of the cosmos is not NOTHING.
Rather, Summa proposes that ‘Potential/Possibility’ was/
is eternal. And ‘Potential/Possibility’ is clearly a
far more
far more
complex and a far richer concept than ‘Nothing.’
While, one can posit that by denition ‘Potential/
Possibility’ is eternal, one can also posit that by
denition
denition
‘Nothing’ is just that – nothing. And no entity or
agent or
agent or
force can turn nothing into something. By denition.
Now,
‘Potential/Possibility’ may, indeed have dimensions/
‘Potential/Possibility’ may, indeed have dimensions/
facets of which we are either unaware, or cannot fully

grasp. ‘Possibility/Potential’ in turn, may have had
the
the
ability to traverse – or impel the traversing – from
the
the
metaphysical to reality as we know it.
‘Possibility/Potential’ may have had the power, ultimately,
to divide ‘0’* ( hypothesized core “zero-point/integer” )
into positives and negatives, as discussed in the
text.
text.
And, herein, in my estimation, is most probably the crux of
the genesis of our little universe.
*technical note:
maybe we should treat the Hebrew word ayin as “0”
“Cosmologists sometimes claim that the universe can
arise ‘from
arise ‘from
nothing.’ But this is loose language. Even if
shrunk to a point or a
shrunk to a point or a
quantum state, our universe is latent with
particles and forces: it has far
particles and forces: it has far
more content and structure
than what a philosopher calls ‘nothing.’”
than what a philosopher calls ‘nothing.’”
(Martin Rees, Our Cosmic Habitat, p. 142)