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Western history condensed into one person
Hope 2022-04-19 09:01:35
The theme of Eternal Youth is not uncommon in Western mythology and literature. The innovation of this version is that it compares this eternal youth to human beings. He is not only a caveman, but also an Egyptian, Jesus, a sailor who followed Columbus, experienced the French Revolution... He has lived to this day, as if Western civilization was lit by his sweat. This metaphor is quite interesting. If all the experience and knowledge of human beings are concentrated, then he is a capitalized person, and his eternal youth is the endless life of human civilization (at least Western civilization). Civilizations created by human beings shape people from generation to generation. In this sense, civilizations are immortal, and human beings are immortal!
Extended Reading
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Art: What you're saying, it offends common sense.
John Oldman: So does Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, that's the way nature works.
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Dan: The objective measure of a clock, is another clock.