Silence can be part of a piece of music (and that’s been obvious since long before Cage; that’s not the point he was making) but that doesn’t mean silence is a musical chord.
Similarly, atheism is an opinion on a question relevant to religion but it isn’t a religion.
Silence can be part of a piece of music (and that’s been obvious since long before Cage; that’s not the point he was making) but that doesn’t mean silence is a musical chord.
Similarly, atheism is an opinion on a question relevant to religion but it isn’t a religion.