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Analysis Of ' A Black Hole '

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A black hole is a terrifying thing, it is dark and empty and some would say it is the essence of nothing. If a person desires to understand a black hole, their best bet to finding its meaning would be to first understand the purpose of nothing. In the dictionary nothing is defined in six ways; one is the state of being nothing, two is nonexistence, three is lack of being, four is death, five is utter insignificance, and six is something without value. The primary point of these definitions is to show the complex and numerous ways nothing can be defined. These definitions also show the negative force that surrounds nothing which seems to highlight its hidden evil and reveals the looming cast over it much like a black hole. In this sense it seems that whatever creation, God constructs, nothing much like a black hole is close behind to take the light away from it. Nothing, therefore is the substance that makes up the sins of humans, and the substance responsible for corrupting the soul. It is a remarkable coincidence that two philosophers were able to stumble upon the same conclusion, that nothing and God were central to the spiritual and physical anatomy of the human being. Leibniz and Descartes see nothing as its numerous definitions suggest, except with a twist. To them, nothing represents the faults, sins, and evil nature of human beings. However, even though both Leibniz and Descartes see nothing as a key part to a human’s makeup, they hold different views as to how

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