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Essay for Change
Erik Krause 2020-Jan-09 16:55:00
The Only Thing Constant Is Change.
This proverb is attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of
Ephesos ? c. 535 ? c. 475 BC. His very special philosophy earned him the
epithet ?The Obscure?.
Now, the new theme for the World Wide Panorama Event Q1/2020 is
?Change?. This theme has received the most votes in our little survey.
Why ?Change??
It seems that this theme has hit a nerve since we all are experiencing
changes all around. The general perception is that these changes are
getting both more in number and faster in speed. They occur in science,
in politics, in art, in society, in communities and in families (for
sure this list is by far not complete).
We humans are always somewhat torn between the two poles Constancy and
Change. We sure need a certain amount of constant things around us: in
our family, our community and society ? otherwise we?d feel rootless or
even haunted. On the other hand a world without change would at least be
enormously boring if not even deadly boring.
But one thing is for sure: ?One cannot step into the same river twice?
as again Heraclitus said to illustrate the constant flow of time and of
the water in that river. For sure? The Austrian philosopher Ludwig
Wittgenstein (1889 ? 1951 AD) contradicted Heraclitus by saying ?Of
course one can step into the same river twice.? Surely, it is the water
in the river that changes constantly ? but does that make the river
change all that fast?
There you go: a bit of philosophy on a new theme!
You have voted. It is now up to you, to bring a panoramic universe of
?Change? to the WWP. We are really curious and eager to see your
contributions!
Thanks to Carsten Rees for that...
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Erik Krause
http://www.erik-krause.de