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Full Idea
We would hardly want to say that a possibility is nothing, since surely we are considering something when we consider possibilities.
Gist of Idea
When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering
Source
Richard Polt (Heidegger: an introduction [1999], 1)
Book Ref
Polt,Richard: 'Heidegger: an introduction' [Routledge 2003], p.3
A Reaction
A nice contribution to the issue of whether modality is a feature of actuality. I would prefer to say that we can self-evidently utter truths and falsehoods about what is or is not possible, in nature, in logic, and maybe in metaphysics.