Why is there something rather than nothing? (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 15:10 (4973 days ago) @ xeno6696


> Have you ever studied the roots of the word "exist?"
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> Ex, meaning "outside of," and sistere meaning "to stand."
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> "To stand outside of." If I declare I exist, that I am not "nothing," what do I "stand outside of?" Do we have any accurate terms even for existence?-
My collegiate dictionary uses the latin meaning: 'to come into being' as its first explanation of the term. And that makes perfect sense. I stand within my reality as well as outside of it.