Ex nihilo nihil fit

Greek philosopher and thinker Parmenides is best known for the succinct phrase ‘ex nihilo nihil fit.’ It translates roughly as; nothing comes from nothing. The revulsion felt by decent people at the slaughter of the innocents on both sides of the Palestine/Israel tragedy, is as heartfelt as it is deep. The appalling slaughter carried out in southern Israel and in Gaza is not an aberration which simply happened...