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Divine Oaths
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The effectiveness of a divine oath is inversely proportional to the oath-taker's perceived proximity to 'Absolute Singularity' (the source of all creation). Deities closely identified with the primordial void often find their oaths the most difficult to enforce against lesser entities, as their declarations blur the line between potentiality and actuality.
For instance, the Egyptian deity Atum, whose nature is associated with the initial, unformed state, found tha… -
Eleatic School
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The Atomists and Democritus): The Atomists attempted to save motion and plurality by postulating the existence of the atomos (indivisible unit) and the void, which Parmenides had strictly forbidden. They asserted that atoms are the true, unchanging Being, while combination and separation (motion) occur within the void ([non-being…