I'm no good at strict logic. The river not being the same water seems to work better when viewed a philosophical or metaphysical idea rather than taking it literally.
If I replace the engine in my car, it's still my car. And with living things, cells die and are regrown and the plant, animal or human is still considered the same (although different in exact components perhaps!). In art restoration it is permissible to replace bits (I recall a piece of modern art made with straw stuck to canvas--the museum said it would replace each piece as it crumbled off).
Heheheh... Perhaps we should go with Artistotle and just say that the whole is more than the sum of its parts???
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I'm no good at strict logic. The river not being the same water seems to work better when viewed a philosophical or metaphysical idea rather than taking it literally.
If I replace the engine in my car, it's still my car. And with living things, cells die and are regrown and the plant, animal or human is still considered the same (although different in exact components perhaps!). In art restoration it is permissible to replace bits (I recall a piece of modern art made with straw stuck to canvas--the museum said it would replace each piece as it crumbled off).
Heheheh... Perhaps we should go with Artistotle and just say that the whole is more than the sum of its parts???