Ex nihilo nihil fit?
2006-11-24 15:31:16 · 13 answers · asked by sokrates 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Ancient and still valid today.. It exemplifies that without effort things can not be achieved. Same as the saying "All journeys begin with the first step."
2006-11-24 15:47:25 · answer #1 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only partially agrees with the proposition.
I think somethings in life just grow naturally without any plantation or effort...there are always fate and pure chance which is against this statement. Love for one doesnt necessarily comes from anything...it just happens without hard work or definite reasons.
But in regards to work and more practical issues, this is very true!
2006-11-25 02:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by lorivs89 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the context of it.
If you do nothing, you get nothing.
Something worth nothing is worth nothing.
But if you restore something worth nothing, it is actually worth something now.
Most of us start our life with nothing and through hard work end up with a lot by retirement time.
Many people built things from nothing. Which mean that they recycle material that they don't have to pay for... or pay very little for it.
I think the phrase "From nothing, nothing comes"
Might have been used in the context of motivating someone to get off their bum and do some work.
2006-11-24 23:55:44 · answer #3 · answered by Aussies-Online 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poornam-adah, poornam-idam, poor-nath poornam-udachyate.
Poor-nasya poornam-adaya, poornam-eva-va-sishyate.
That is full; this is full. The full comes out of the full.
Taking the full from the full, the full itself remains.
probably the art Nothing in Everything and Everything in Nothing, may be beyond the logic and rationale of Mankind, beyond the measurable scientific concepts ... The concept of Zero with the Fullness .... may be one of those God's innumerous illusions ...
luv and SAI RAM,
jk
2006-11-24 23:43:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. all things come to he who waits. Scientist have recently discovered that at near absolute vaccuum a substance appeared from nothing.
2006-11-25 01:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we come into the world with nothing and leave the same way. at least in the materialistic sense. to dispute would be a tough argument.
2006-11-24 23:42:30 · answer #6 · answered by chris l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...if you have a seed, you will have a plant. Plant nothing, you will have nothing. Gain knowledge, you can impart it either to others or use it as you see fit. If you gain no knowledge, you are dead.
2006-11-25 00:45:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think materially and philosophically its a valid statement.
-dh
2006-11-24 23:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of it before but I like the way it sounds :)
2006-11-24 23:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by ♥ Lady in Pink ♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
makes sense to me
2006-11-24 23:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋