the everything paradox
June 13, 2007
‘what do you get for the man who has everything?’
‘an excellent question: if he has everything, then he needs nothing.’
‘indeed. the man who has everything does not have nothing. but nothing is something. therefore he cannot have everything for he lacks nothing. one cannot have everything until one has nothing. this is the everything paradox: he who has everything has not everything for he who has everything does not have nothing; the path to having everything must begin with possession of nothing.’
