He created the Universe from His "essence". Something from nothing. by Xilivai » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:27 am . This is the main board for discussing philosophy - formal, informal and in between. However, even the Creator did not "abuse" His powers and created "something from nothing." If that is true, then the laws of logic no longer are valid. Parmenides One of the earliest Western philosophers to consider nothing as a concept was Parmenides (5th century BC), who was a Greek philosopher of the monist school. It would likely undergo a spontaneous phase transition to something more complicated, like a universe containing matter. 0=1-1 out of zero, we can divide a positive and … It certainly is a possibility for the Creator, since that is one of His powers. There is no such thing as pure sound, just as there is no such thing as pure something---something always goes together with nothing. Last night, as I was creeping around the internet at 2:43am while the adults of the world slept, my eyes glanced by the headline, “Why is there something instead of nothing?” on the sidebar of a site I was on. Solids are always found in spaces, and no spaces are found except where there are solids. ... Sound is sound-silence. But even if you believe in God, there’s still a problem, because if God is a “something” rather than nothing, then it’s not an answer at all. Welcome to the DMT-Nexus » SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY » Philosophy » something from nothing? 1 2 3 NEXT » something from nothing? If God's existence precedes the cosmos, and God’s will is sufficient to bring a physical universe into existence, then we’ve just pushed the question back a level. - Winston Churchill It's often said that you can't get something from nothing. Even in most philosophical arguments for the origins of the universe from a theologian perspective don't come from the concept of nothing (in terms of causation for existence), but rather with a "first mover" ideology. Welcome to the DMT-Nexus » SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY » Philosophy » something from nothing? 72 posts • Page 3 of 3 • 1, 2, 3. Stephen Hawkings has recently argued as to how the universe can come out of nothing, but to my mind his argument is rather circular and it's not provable. A Universe from Nothing. Hello! Alan Watts wrote: the great secret of brahman is going from 0 to 1. And I don't just mean some tiny part of it; I mean all of it. There must be something eternal, because of the logical impossibility that there isn't, that something could really come from nothing. Since “nothing” is as simple as it gets, we cannot expect it to be very stable. Joined: 19-Jul-2011. We can't say what nothing is because as I've said nothing is incapable of being. 2. (correct me if I'm wrong not only as a whole but on any improper statements) I have been very interested in all views of theology and philosophy yet the idea of something from nothing … There is one area were predication becomes an issue in the theory of Parmenides. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist. "Can something come out of nothing"? I didn’t click the article. "What year was Socrates born? I think it is wrong to even say that nothingness is a concept because nothing is incapable of being. This forum is NOT for factual, informational or scientific questions about philosophy (e.g. The transition of nothing-to-something is a natural one, not requiring any agent. Use this philosophy forum to discuss and debate general philosophy topics that don't fit into one of the other categories.