Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics

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Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics

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:eng: Nothing unreal exists.
nothing unreal exists
nothing
NEG.INDEF
un-
NEG
real
real
exist
exist
-s
3SG.PRES


:lat: Stat nihil non ens.
stat nihil non ens
sta
stand
-t
3SG.PRES
nihil
nothing
non
NEG
ens
COP.PTCP

'nothing that is not stands'

:ara: غَيْرُ ٱلْوَاقِعِيّ غَيْرُ مَوْجُدٍ
ḡayru l-wāqi‘iyy ḡayru mawjudin
ḡayr
except
-u
NOM.DEF
al-
DEF
wāqi‘iy
real
-i
GEN.DEF
ḡayr
except
-u
NOM.DEF
mawjud
find.PASS.PTCP
-in
GEN.INDEF

'that not real is not found'
(I tried. It's been ages since I last used Arabic much.)

:con:

CT: Áge tó da suú ro réa.
áge tó da suú ro réa
áge
COP
TOP
da
thing
suú
true
ro
NEG
réa
nothing.DIST

'there is no unreal thing'

CC: Iec ćoso ŭrcaś ecbo.
iec ćoso ŭrcaś ecbo
iec
there.is.not
ćoso
thing
ec
NEG
-bo
ADV

'there is nothing not real'
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Re: Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics

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Just wanted to share these German Redewendungen, which say the exact opposite.

Sachen gibt's, die gibt's gar nicht.
things exist.3SG.3SG REL.PL exist.3SG.3SG really not
'Things exist, that exist really not.'

Also paraphrased as:

Es gibt nichts, was es nicht gibt!
3SG.N exist.3SG nothing, REL.N 3SG.N not exist.3SG
'Nothing exists, that doesn't exist.'

Which I guess is closer to OP's idea.
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Re: Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics

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3SDL avoids tautologies...
I'd say
h¼©f«f«©{ºK\
(impossible to act on thing experienced by thought alone...)
is not real a thing experienced solely through thought...
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:con: griushkoent (without script here)

shurskehen shuryolta.
/'ʃurskəhən 'ʃurjɔlta/
NEG-reality-N-PASS NEG-exist-V
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Archaic Vye: Utkyénk kryuga vkhphsra.
utkyén-k kryá-vga v=K-phsra
utkyén
nothing
-k
ACC
kryá
essence
-vga
PRIV
v=
NEG
K-
IRR
aphsrá
begin

'let nothing without essence start' (the semantics are a bit weird here; incidentally, also schwa is now e, so it's Archaic Vye now)

Kgáweq’: Tlo’ǫrąłrye’etl’k’okgrátsqgonog.
tlo’-ǫr-ął-rye’etl’-go-kgrátsqgo-ǫg
tlo’-
NEG
ǫr-
3SG.ANIM
ął-
INV
rye’etl’
contradict.reality
go-
CONT.SUBJ
kgrátsqgo
establish
-ǫg
AUG.S.O.

'[a thing] cannot stand in contradiction to reality'
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Re: Kiri-kin-tha's First Law of Metaphysics

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:con: Alál

Atìktasǔlı atìsìṭraım.
[˹ɐ˻tektɐso˹ɮi ɐ˻tesetʼrɐjm]
ta<ì-ktv>s-ùl-í ta<ì>s-ìṭ-raı-m
exist<4-0s>-AFF-STAT exist<4>-NEG-NOMPAT-STAT
No nonexistent thing exists.

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Edit: Substituted a string instrument for a French interjection.

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