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Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? by helphelp: 9:11am On Jul 31, 2014 |
Had wild thoughts about this, and decided to share. "If there has been a first man he must have been born without father or mother – which is repugnant to nature. For there could not have been a first egg to give a beginning to birds, or there should have been a first bird which gave a beginning to eggs; for a bird comes from an egg." The same he held good for all species, believing, with Plato, "that everything before it appeared on earth had first its being in spirit." "...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..." Macrobius (early 5th century), a Roman philosopher, found the problem to be interesting: "You jest about what you suppose to be a triviality, in asking whether the hen came first from an egg or the egg from a hen, but the point should be regarded as one of importance, one worthy of discussion, and careful discussion at that." In System of Nature by Baron D'Holbach (1770, translated into English in 1797), he asks "was the animal anterior to the egg, or did the egg precede the animal?" (part 1, chapter 6). For more insight : http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_or_the_egg
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Re: Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? by Odunukwe30: 12:09pm On Jan 26, 2015 |
Philosophers all know about Plato. Here is one of his works to prepare you for the egg vs chicken puzzle This Philosophy Project topic has been written fully to NUC grade A standard, may it be your guide as you write yours click... Concept of Justice in Plato's Political Philosophy Vis-À-Vis Nigerian Situation http://uniprojectsearch.com/concept-justic…rian-situation/ |
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