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What exactly "nothing" is has enticed philosophers for quite some time. In 2014, philosopher-mathematician Graham Priest put forward his own two cents on the matter when trying to solve the metaphysical problem of what makes a bunch of parts into a whole. In doing so, he proposes that "nothing" is a crucial linchpin within the nature of everything. But he doesn't stop there. Priest also compares his own solution to a Western philosophical problem with the Eastern doctrine of Buddhism.Instagram: @grandtheoriesTwitter: @grand_theoriesMusic:The following is utilized with permission from the band:Ksyatriya - "The Human Ego Must be Obliterated for its Arrogant Reign of Tyranny - II", "Hazchem", and "Swimming in a Sea of Samsara" from the album "The Arduous Search for Freedom".Find Ksyatriya's music here: https://ksyatriya.bandcamp.com/Next album dropping in 2019The following is utilized under a Creative Commons 4.0 License:1. BenJamin Banger – “Bobby Drake”Instagram: @benjaminbangerSoundcloud: @benjamin-banger2. Chris Zabriskie – “Fly Inverted Past a Jenny” and "Another Version of You"Soundcloud: @chriszabriskie3. Pipe Choir – “Exit Exit”Soundcloud: @pipe-choir-2 Works cited:1. Bradley, F.H. (1893). Appearance and reality. Oxford: Clarendon Press.2. Priest, G. (2014). One: being an investigation into the unity of reality and of its parts, including the singular object which is nothingness. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 3. Priest, G. (2018). The fifth corner of four: an essay on Buddhist metaphysics and the catuṣkoṭi. Oxford: Oxford University Press.4. van Inwagen, P. (1996). Why is there anything at all? Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society. 70. 95-110.5. Unger, P. (1980). The problem of the many. Midwest Studies in Philosophy. 5(1). 411-468.6. [Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh]. (2018). 9 buddhism and science – Interview with Graham Priest [video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAbD8rdqKuk