In fact, the utility of the cup depends not on its physical form but on its empty hollowness. That is, emptiness is where its function lies.
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If śunyata is absence of essential nature, and all things are empty in this sense, then Plato’s theory of ideas is utterly wrong. Because the theory was that everything has an eternal, essential nature.
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In fact, it’s historically plausible that Nagarjuna was specifically refuting Platonism. Around that time, there was a lot more dialog between Greek and Indian philosophy than most people realize.
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I was referring to emptiness as a negative space that is the source of creative potential.
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