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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Colin Michael on September 07, 2009, 04:39:04 PM
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We did an exegesis on this passage in my ancient and medieval philosophy class:
αθανατοι θνητοι θνητοι αθανατοι
ζωντες τον εκεινων θαvατοv τοv
δε εκεivωv βιοv τεθvεωτες
-Heraclitus
This passage and the definitions of the words were the only information we were given.
αθαvατοι: immortals
θvητοι: mortals
ζωvτες: (nominative pl.) living
τεθvεωτες: (nominative pl.) dying
θαvατοv: death
βιοv: life
εκειvωv: of them
τοv is an article
δε is a conjunction, essentially "and".
(note: in Greek, the verb "to be" is implicit with everything).
If you like a puzzle, take a shot at it.
The translation provides a logical puzzle that is even more fun.
Here's the transliteration, if you're interested:
athanatoi thnetoi thnetoi athanatoi
zontes ton ekeinon thanaton ton
de ekeinon bion tethneotes
(I already know the correct answer; I'm not making you guys do my homework or anything).
Cheers,
Colin Michael
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immortal immortals of living those the responsibility and those
mah head hurts>.<
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immortal immortals of living those the responsibility and those
mah head hurts>.<
I don't know where you got "responsibility".
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So...
immortals mortals mortals immortals
living a/the of them death a/the
and of them life dying
(To be's not added because I'm not exactly sure where to put them...)
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After getting a little help from my older brother, I think I figured it out...
I don't want to spoil it for you guys though, so I'm going to message Colin to see if I'm correct.
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He's correct, by the way.
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I'm not sure what kind of puzzle this is supposed to be...