Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, pt. 2

Today I got yet another look into the unusual philosophy of Hegel. One of the most odd of his beliefs was about the concepts of "being" and "nothing". He believed that they were one and the same. This strange concept was explained in this way. "Nothing" has no attributes. It does not have color, taste, shape, time, place, etc. A book exists, therefore it has "being". If the book is black and square however, that does not mean that "being" is black and square. Therefore, Hegel reasoned that both "being" and "nothing" have no attributes, and therefore must be the same, even though they are direct opposites. At first this philosophy may seem like it makes sense, yet upon more thought, it could be argued that "being" is not nothing, but everything, which would make it at odds with "nothing". At any rate, this is a philosopher who, like many others, specialized in logical madness...