Talk:Zero

I don't know that the months were named December and January back then... DanH 00:21, 7 July 2007 (EDT)

Conceptually introduced by Jesus?

This is quite puzzling, and would certainly benefit from a scriptural reference. I assume you don't mean Jesus saying something about some number that, when added to another number, yields that other number. That would definitely be impressive. I assume that, by "conceptually" introduced, you mean something weaker, like saying "There are no Samaritans in the temple". That use of "no" or "none" would certainly be a conceptual reference to zero.

However, Plato's Republic, written about 380 years earlier, says, very near the end of Book VIII:

“

So he [a leader] must quietly get rid of all these [former associates] if he is to rule, until not a single one is left, either friend or foe, who is of any use.

”

SamHB (talk) 19:48, 14 April 2017 (EDT)

The Plato quotation is interesting, but not terribly enlightening about zero. In fact, the Greeks generally had no concept of zero.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 16:11, 19 April 2017 (EDT)

I agree that the Greeks had no concept of zero as a number. But they had a concept of the simple notion of "no one is left". Did Jesus have a conception of zero that rose above the level of "there's no one here"? Can you provide a scriptural reference? SamHB (talk) 16:47, 19 April 2017 (EDT)

Yes, he did. I added an example to the entry.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 17:08, 19 April 2017 (EDT)