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Over time, the opposites change into each other: [51] [52] "Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others' death and dying the others' life"; [aj] "As the same thing in us is living and dead, waking and sleeping, young and old.
Impermanence, also known as the philosophical problem of change, is a philosophical concept addressed in a variety of religions and philosophies. In Eastern philosophy it is notable for its role in the Buddhist three marks of existence .
"The Unreality of Time" is the best-known philosophical work of University of Cambridge idealist J. M. E. McTaggart (1866–1925). In the argument, first published as a journal article in Mind in 1908, McTaggart argues that time is unreal because our descriptions of time are either contradictory, circular, or insufficient.
“Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” — Stephen Chbosky, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” “We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are ...
Eternal return (or eternal recurrence) is a philosophical concept which states that time repeats itself in an infinite loop, and that exactly the same events will continue to occur in exactly the same way, over and over again, for eternity.
Change can be difficult to process, but Angelou offers a thoughtful reframing: “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
The problem of time is central to these theoretical attempts. It remains unclear how time is related to quantum probability, whether time is fundamental or a consequence of processes, and whether time is approximate, among other issues. Different theories try different answers to the questions but no clear solution has emerged. [6]
Any definite thing must pay for its individuality by, after a short time, passing back into its indefinite source. This source cannot also be definite. Therefore, it is indefinite and does not pass away. Anaximander was the first Greek to provide an ethical or moral interpretation of existence.