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from nothing, nothing comes
1879The Principles of PhilosophyWhen we apprehend that it is impossible a thing can arise from nothing, this proposition, ex nihilo nihil fit, is not considered as somewhat existing, or as the mode of a thing, but as an eternal truth having its seat in our mind, and is called a common notion or axiom.1888System of Economic Contradictions or The Philosophy of MiserySay that to a nation net product is the same thing as gross product by this consideration—that nations, no more than individuals of enterprise, can produce without advances, and that, if J. B. Say's formula were true, it would follow that the axiom, ex nihilo nihil fit, is not true.1931The Whisperer in DarknessIf you can account for it normally, very well; but there must be something behind it. Ex nihilo nihil fit, you know.Labels: H. P. Lovecraft, Joseph-Pierre Proudhon, Rene Descartes
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