Man: Something or Nothing

Man has been dealing with a wide range of questions about the Universe, about himself, and especially questions about his essence and place in the Universe since his inception. Hence, the arrangement of the Universe, no matter how objective it may be, from the point of view of man makes sense only in relation to man. No matter how well researched the question of 'the origin of man' (the evolution of the living world) is, science has established the time of the creation of the living world on Earth, where the appearance of man as we know it today is placed at the very end of the evolution of the living world. However, since 'something' cannot arise from 'nothing' or turn into 'nothing', the biggest question remains: what is this 'something' at the beginning of life? The traces of human existence on Earth, its entire history, give people (who deal with the questioning of man) enough material to place the essence of man between two poles, 'nothing' and 'something'. Man himself, until today, places himself in these limits, sometimes in their extreme poles. The content of this work are excerpts from lectures that the author gave at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Sarajevo on the topics „Architecture in Context“ and „Architecture and Philosophy“ (2010-2022)