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#anyways many people think that the most accurate interpretation to heraclitus' um river allegory
thewhizzyhead · 3 years
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so anyways one of the things I've learned from that 8+ hour philosophy reading session is that the Greek Philosopher Heraclitus would go crazy over Everything Stays from Adventure Time and yes i mean that in a REALLY good way and no i will not elaborate
#oki i will kinda elaborate but only for um a very tiny bit#u see umm heraclitus has this whole thing about um i call this The River Allegory#even tho it isnt really an allegory by definition but um aNYWAYS FJSJFV#there has been a lot of debate throughout the years on its interpretation and what the translation should be#one of the most famous translations of this is um i'm paraphrasing here but it's basically 'you can't step into the same river twice'#and i think that translation was by Plato? i could be wrong and i'm way too tired to look it up#anyways many people think that the most accurate interpretation to heraclitus' um river allegory#is that of universal flux i think? basically the constant and never ending change is what makes up um the universe ig?#because yea the river as a waterform stays in one place but the water constituting the river does not#if the water were to not change at all then the waterform could be called a lake or um a pool fjsj i dunno but my point is#it wouldnt be called a river because a river is a rushing and constantly moving stream of water if that makes sense#so altho the translation 'you can't step into the same river' twice has some merit to it since the water in the river is um never in the-#same place#the waterform still retains its status as a river because of its constantly changjng nature#sO IF WE COMPARE THAT TO THE LYRICS IN EVERYTHING STAYS FROM ADVENTURE TIME FJXBSBX#look dudes i'm drowsy as fuck rn and when i'm drowsy i make even lesser sense than usual fbxjsjd#but um yea i dunno the whole heraclitus thingy just reminded me of everything stays#specifically the lines 'Everything stays right where you left it/ everything stays but it still changes'#like change will always be a constant and unavoidable thing#but at the end of the day change's constant and unavoidable nature is a big part of what constitutes a lot of things#so in a way because of change everything does stay one way or another#okay yea that doesnt make sense jdjjsd I MISS ADVENTURE TIME OKAY#tbh i think a lot of um ancient philosophers would probably go crazy ove adventure time#because goddamit adventure time is so fucking good#so um yea very long ramble over and please do take it with a grain of salt because LOOK I'M DUMB AND I DON'T KNOW SHIT FJSBFS#adventure time
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