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| + | [[Image:Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' (c. 1524 ) by [[Lorenzo Lotto]]]] | ||
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| + | "He who fights with [[monster]]s should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an [[abyss]], the abyss will also gaze into thee. [[He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.|[...]]]" --[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]. | ||
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| - | # A bottomless or [[unfathomed]] depth, gulf, or [[chasm]]; hence, any deep, [[immeasurable]], and, specifically, [[hell]], or the [[bottomless pit]]. | + | An '''abyss''' is a bottomless or [[unfathomed]] depth, gulf, or [[chasm]]; hence, any deep, [[immeasurable]], and, specifically, [[hell]], or the [[bottomless pit]]. It can also refer to [[infinite]] time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. |
| - | # [[infinite|Infinite]] time; a vast intellectual or moral depth. | + | |
| + | ==Philosophy== | ||
| + | :''[[Abyss (religion)]], [[Bottomless pit (Bible)]]'' | ||
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| + | '''Abyss''' refers to a bottomless pit, to the [[underworld]], to the [[hadal zone|deepest ocean floor]], or to [[hell]]. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Mise en abyme]] | ||
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An abyss is a bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. It can also refer to infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
Philosophy
Abyss refers to a bottomless pit, to the underworld, to the deepest ocean floor, or to hell.
See also
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