The Nature of Nothing

Nothing—the antithesis of Existence—what can be known about it?

It must indeed be nothing, for Logic, the only true pathway to Knowledge, applies to everything, and thus not to Nothing. Yet since Nothing is the absolute opposite of Everything, for every truth about Everything, the opposite is true for Nothing.
We can, therefore, gain insights into true Nothingness, though only indirectly—through the lens of Something, for we ourselves are something. These insights remain valuable, for they deepen our understanding of Existence.

Existence, as stated, has two fundamental properties: Being and Change. Therefore, Nothing has the opposites of these two properties:

  1. Nothing is not. It does not exist. Where Existence is presence, Nothing is absence.

  2. Nothing does not change. Where Existence is dynamic, open to all possibilities, Nothing is fixed, immutable, closed to any possibility.

Thus, we can understand Existence as changing presence, and Nothing as unchanging absence.