Nothing Matters: About the Idea of "Emptiness"
New Books in Buddhist Studies
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The Importance of Egoism
According to the second century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjana, all things are empty. The term for this idea is Shunyata, translated as emptiness or voidness. It's related to Shunya, the Sanskrit word for zero. According to Marcus Desatoy, it's no accident that the culture that produced ShunYata is the same that pioneered the idea of zero. Here he is again in the story of maths.
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