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HTTP://DOI.ORG/10.33234/SSR.19.2
Abstract
The question of Being and non-being remains enduring and fundamental in philosophical parlance. Parmenides’ assertion that being is while non-being is not led to a shift in focus from the problem of being to a narrower study of individual beings. However, a closer examination, free from preconceived notions or biases, reveals that being and non-being are not separate entities but intricately intertwined. There is not merely friction between them, but rather a fusion or interweaving. Using the critical analysis method, this paper aims to demonstrate how being and non-being are interconnected and how being merges into non-being. To show that what exists between being and non-being is not just friction, but a fusion, the article posits that the term “NO/THING” holds a semantic analysis that reinforces the fusion of being and non-being. By breaking up the word ‘nothing’, one can view being and non-being as two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing forces.
Keywords: Being, Non-being, Metaphysics, No/thing.