My daughter wants to know.
2007-01-19 06:06:45 · 19 answers · asked by fwsnail 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Everything is the opposite of nothing. Something is somewhere in the middle. If you have something you don't necessarily have everything and you have more than nothing. If you have nothing, you certainly don't have everything and more than just something. If you have everything, you still have more than just something and a lot more than nothing.
This is something my daughter would ask.
2007-01-19 06:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kalypso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't have an opposite. something is in the middle way between nothing and everything. In other words, suppose we have A, B, and C. so..what's the opposite of B, Is it A or C ?
2007-01-19 10:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by Berry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. ^__^ This question is an odd sort of paradox. Because the opposite of something could be everything. But the opposite of everything is nothing, not something...I would have to say that something is neither the opposite of nothing, nor the opposite of everything. It's somewhere in between.
You can't say that nothing is the opposite of something, because then, that "something" would have to be "everything."
You can't say that everything is the opposite of something, because there is no way that just one thing can be the opposite of everything in the world.
2007-01-19 07:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by Amaryllis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is the opposite of everything, with something in the middle.
2007-01-19 06:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by CPDawg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the opposite of something is both everything and nothing. something is specific, everything and nothing is non-specific. only one thing at a time can be something, and everything and nothing can be anything. two pieces of matter cannot occupy the same space, if there are confines. everything and nothing are restricted only to the imagination. something always has an answer, the others are whatever answer, with nothing wrong- except for the fact that everything's wrong answer is nothing, and vice versa. everything and nothing are one in the same pertaining to any number of points.
2007-01-19 06:44:56 · answer #5 · answered by brettus m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the opposite is a part with the other thing. I guess that something can't be complete without the opposite because in that case you will not be able to compere and choose between both or give the proper value of each part or side. One part alone can't work without the other.
Well that's my opinion hope it'll helps :)
2007-01-19 06:14:11 · answer #6 · answered by Pepita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when u say "there is something" then the opposite comes out to b nothing.
when u say "i want something like that" the opposite can b "anything."
but some may have opposite every but something cant have opposite everything ,as far as i see.
2007-01-19 06:44:26 · answer #7 · answered by age_of_brains 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about this... 'any'thing would be it's opposite except something. 'Some' denotes that we know the amount or type or whatever of the 'thing'. 'Any' denotes we don't know (or don't care). One is specific, one is general. The opposite would be anything unless that anything turns out to be 'some'thing.
Peace
2007-01-19 06:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by zingis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both answers are correct in some way but "everything" sounds more correct because when some one is ready to settle for something that is not a compromise for a demand for everything. Right?
2007-01-19 06:51:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the opposite of something is nothing.
something changed his mind. -> nothing changed his mind (you cannot say everything changed his mind)
i put an example for better understanding
2007-01-19 06:12:05 · answer #10 · answered by ilovephotographyandmusic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋