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Musings in my Philosophy Class
Ever hear of the ol' saying, "you can't set foot in the same river twice"? Well, the saying is indeed true; after all, you, and the river, change the instant after you pull your foot back out. Atoms have replaced themselves within both you and the water, along with the fact that the water you initially penetrated is now farther off down stream.
This ties into a little piece I wrote while trailing off in thought during my college philosophy class. Thought it sounded cool, and wanted to see what others thought.
"two variables to represent you:
x : you at 5
y : you at 20
x cannot equal y, because along with 'you', x and y are given temporal values, i.e. age. You are not the same person at twenty as you are at five, as you have grown physically, as well as mentally and emotionally. A better way to say you are the same, yet different, person at these two ages is to assign 'you' the variable 'z', and the temporal values x and y. z will represent 'you', as in your core essence. x and y will represent the temporal you, at two different points in time. Thus, your core essence will remain the same throughout time, while your temporal selves will change from one point to the next."
I have a bunch of other incidents jotted down, that I'll post later.
Anyone have thoughts on this matter?
This ties into a little piece I wrote while trailing off in thought during my college philosophy class. Thought it sounded cool, and wanted to see what others thought.
"two variables to represent you:
x : you at 5
y : you at 20
x cannot equal y, because along with 'you', x and y are given temporal values, i.e. age. You are not the same person at twenty as you are at five, as you have grown physically, as well as mentally and emotionally. A better way to say you are the same, yet different, person at these two ages is to assign 'you' the variable 'z', and the temporal values x and y. z will represent 'you', as in your core essence. x and y will represent the temporal you, at two different points in time. Thus, your core essence will remain the same throughout time, while your temporal selves will change from one point to the next."
I have a bunch of other incidents jotted down, that I'll post later.
Anyone have thoughts on this matter?
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