Individuality and the Principle of Eternal Return.....

[philosophygirl78]

There is a principle among Pythagoreans dating back to ancient Egypt that the universe is in a constant state of 'recurrence'. Put simply, everything that will happen has already happened and on and on...

What is interesting to me within this principle is the construct of individuality; i.e. a person's likes, dislikes, tastes, perceptions that makes them unique...

If events are merely a recurrence, then are people simply a continual evolution of moments attempting to define 'themselves', their 'souls', 'consciousness' et al vis a vis certain chosen moments? Is this what lies in our subconscious?

Among Hats and Stuffs... ya know?

 

[Lean'n'mean]

What is interesting to me within this principle is the construct of individuality; i.e. a person's likes, dislikes, tastes, perceptions that makes them unique...

Unique like all the others you mean ? ....How can something be unique if there are others of it's kind to compare it to..

 

[LizzieMaine]

A single unabridged dictionary contains all the greatest works of human literature. The only thing the writer does is routine them.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Only if the dictionary contained all the words from every known language...both current & dead.

 

[philosophygirl78]

Unique like all the others you mean ? ....How can something be unique if there are others of it's kind to compare it to..

okay. then what separates rather than makes unique.

 

[philosophygirl78]

I would attempt to assume at first glance that every one thing would have an equal contradictory thing available to it. otherwise, it couldn't 'be'... So such a thing could not exist.

 

[GHT]

If events are merely a recurrence, then are people simply a continual evolution of moments attempting to define 'themselves', their 'souls', 'consciousness' et al vis a vis certain chosen moments? Is this what lies in our subconscious?

Don't 'souls' go to heaven or hell? According to one chemistry student, he can prove that hell no longer exists:

Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hades before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore extinct . . . leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being, which explains why last night Teresa kept shouting "Oh, my God, Yesssssssss!"

 

[Lean'n'mean]

okay. then what separates rather than makes unique.

Maybe which differentiates us would be better in this context.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

I would attempt to assume at first glance that every one thing would have an equal contradictory thing available to it. otherwise, it couldn't 'be'... So such a thing could not exist.

Assume or presume ? Ah, the unity of opposites.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

If events are merely a recurrence,

First, define events.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

which explains why last night Teresa kept shouting "Oh, my God, Yesssssssss!"

And then you woke up !!!