A single nihilation of Being suffices to constitute the entire world.

Evidence

“If, they say, a single one of the atoms which constitute the universe were annihilated, there would result a catastrophe which would extend to the entire universe, and this would be, in particular, the end of the Earth and of the solar system. This metaphor can be of use to us here. The For-itself is like a tiny nihilation which has its origin at the heart of Being; and this nihilation is sufficient to cause a total upheaval to happen to the In-itself. This upheaval is the world.” (pp. 617-618) We can see in this comparison that the For-itself has no reality except in so far as it is the nihilation of Being. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 43

Categorization

• DEFINE: The scientific image directly defines the ontological relation: For-itself as nihilation, In-itself as what is upheaved, world as the resulting upheaval.
• XREF: For-itself/the nihilation of In-itself is precisely the backdrop Beauvoir builds from in The Second Sex and her ethics essays. — connects to: Without the for-itself there is no world, only undifferentiated being. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1530; Freedom is the for-itself’s permanent ability to nihilate its own being — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1075

Broader Connections

• Without the for-itself there is no world, only undifferentiated being. #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1530
• Freedom is the for-itself’s permanent ability to nihilate its own being #expands (0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1075