Re:How the number zero was ‘discovered’
by contingencies on Thursday December 08, 2016 @04:35PM
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Śūnya comes from the root śvi, meaning "hollow".
Interesting etymology, from a philosophical perspective. ie. What came first, the circumscribing matter or the non-matter? In this case, via hollowness, the circumscribing matter.
Interesting etymology, from a philosophical perspective. ie. What came first, the circumscribing matter or the non-matter? In this case, via hollowness, the circumscribing matter.