NOTHING, AND WHY THE QUESTION "WHY IS THERE SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO NOTHING?" IS UNANSWERABLE

[surreptitious57]

Can something be made from smaller things or is it simply a thing in itself and nothing else

[henry quirk]

Can something be made from smaller things or is it simply a thing in itself and nothing else

You can reduce an apple (or a man) to pieces and parts, to constituents, but you'll lose 'apple' (or 'man') in doing so.

[SpheresOfBalance]

The definition for "nothing" is the absence of things. So in order for "nothing" to be, "things" must exists FIRST. If "things" are not existing prior to nothing, then not even the potential for nothing exists.
Your logic is flawed, as the definition was coined within something. As to nothing there would be no definitions.


A more accurate word to use would be "nonthing" rather than "nothing". Non things actually do exist, as thought.

There is no such phenomena as a void, or non-existence.
That puny humans are aware of.

Essentially we have an inverted view of reality. We assign the physical realm as the frame of reference, when it isn't fundamental reality. What's real/unchanging is the "nothing". Except that it's not nothing, it's pure potential/life. As the Tao De Ching points out, it's "nothing that can be described." Since our minds can't grasp it we say its non existent.
Within this universe!