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  2. Erebus - Wikipedia

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    'darkness, gloom'), [2] or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod 's Theogony , he is the offspring of Chaos , and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether, Eros , and Metis , or the first ruler of the gods.

  3. Śūnyatā - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of emptiness as contemplated here is explained at M I.297 and S IV.296-97 as the "emancipation of the mind by emptiness" (suññatā cetovimutti) being consequent upon the realization that "this world is empty of self or anything pertaining to self" (suññam ida ṃ attena vā attaniyena vā). [16] [17]

  4. The Void (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The Void is a recurring motif in cinema, often used to symbolize existential dread, the unknown, or the metaphysical boundaries between life and death. Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is one of the most iconic examples, where the vast emptiness of space represents both the awe-inspiring and terrifying aspects of the Void. The ...

  5. Chaos (cosmogony) - Wikipedia

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    Greek kháos means 'emptiness, vast void, chasm, abyss', [a] related to the verbs kháskō and khaínō 'gape, be wide open', from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂n-, [2] cognate to Old English geanian, 'to gape', whence English yawn. [3] It may also mean space, the expanse of air, the nether abyss, or infinite darkness. [4]

  6. Darkness - Wikipedia

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    Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue -sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina are inactive when light levels are insufficient, in the range of visual perception referred to as scotopic ...

  7. Emptiness - Wikipedia

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    Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation, nihilism and apathy.Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, [1] depression, loneliness, anhedonia, despair, or other mental/emotional disorders, including schizoid personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and ...

  8. Ah! Sun-flower - Wikipedia

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    Copy AA of Blake's engraving of the poem in Songs of Experience.This copy is currently held by the Fitzwilliam Museum "Ah!Sun-flower" is an illustrated poem written by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake.

  9. Yin and yang - Wikipedia

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    It becomes sensible from an initial quiescence or emptiness (wuji, sometimes symbolized by an empty circle), and continues moving until quiescence is reached again. For instance, dropping a stone in a calm pool of water will simultaneously raise waves and lower troughs between them, and this alternation of high and low points in the water will ...