Do you mean to say “nothing is bigger than X” is nonsensical? We regularly encounter such expressions e.g. “nothing is greater than God”.
That statement is not nonsensical, but “nothing” is not being compared as a quantity either.
What. if I may ask, is the sense in it?
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Do you mean to say “nothing is bigger than X” is nonsensical? We regularly encounter such expressions e.g. “nothing is greater than God”.
That statement is not nonsensical, but “nothing” is not being compared as a quantity either.
What. if I may ask, is the sense in it?