>> This is quite specious! Technically, you're getting into the philosophy of >> entity, which is far from a settled discipline. Just the statement "things >> exist" is a philosophically disreputable statement. > > Ever read "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"? The discussion on > "ghosts" is about this kind of thing.
Mark, Charles Seife's _Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea_ is interesting too, among recent books. Nonentity was a much, much later idea than entity. --Mike
