Hello, @minismallholding
First first of all, I want to apologize for not responding to your Discord request (I'm always absent and routine drags me down). I'm really sorry!
On the other hand, regarding your interesting post, I admit that I'm also a history lover. I often complain about the impermanence of things, no matter how high-quality they are. Wear and tear always end up damaging them, not just clothing. By the way, your arguments made me think of the paradox of Theseus's ship. But when I realize that the person I see in the mirror every day, beyond the wrinkles and gray hair, is no longer the same, they've been renewed to the core. Biology is amazing! But the essence of my being remains almost intact, except for the wisdom gained through experience (life's blows).
Yes, nothing lasts forever from a materialistic perspective. But... if we consider what you call "human nature," reiterated as you rightly say, it is the reflection of that immaterial (metaphysical) something that seems transcendent, as evidenced by the ancient stories handed down to us with bias. Then, change becomes the experiential process of being in the universe. Why and for what? I don't know. But here I am, and so are you, in an eternal moment if we view ourselves from an external observer's perspective.
Yes, nothing lasts forever. But we enjoy it while we can. And that's worth it.
About human nature? I recall the phrase by the Roman playwright Publius Terentius Africanus: "Nothing human is alien to me." So, it shouldn't surprise us that there is nothing new under the sun either.
Greetings. Wishing you a fantastic day.
This is my first time hearing of the Theseus ship paradox and now I've read up on it I'm reminded of this story of Trigger's broom from the comedy Only Fools and Horses. In short he's a street sweeper who's had the same broom for 20 years because he's looked after it well and maintained it. It's had 17 new heads and 14 new handles. 🤣
I was just talking with a friend today and on a similar thread we realised that the more you learn the more you also realise you don't know.
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