Τὰ πάντα ῥεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει.

[Shinma]

ὁδός ἄνω kᾆτω μία kαὶ ὡυτή

Heraclitus

 

 

Just saying. . . Thought Shiva fits the bunny more.

 

Welcome to FPN!

Thanks for the welcome

 

And I also love Heraclitus' "Road up/Road down" proverb

[RitaCarbon]

Hi, Shinma. Your title caught my attention. I read Greek, but more Koine than Attic. I majored in Philosophy in College a zillion years ago. Always liked Heraclitus. Also like this poem from Louis MacNeice (found it on this website: http://scienceblogs....em_louis_ma.php

 

Variation on Heraclitus

 

Even the walls are flowing, even the ceiling,

Nor only in terms of physics; the pictures

Bob on each picture rail like floats on a line

While the books on the shelves keep reeling

Their titles out into space and the carpet

Keeps flying away to Arabia nor can this be where I stood -

Where I shot the rapids I mean - when I signed

On a line that rippled away with a pen that melted

Nor can this now be the chair - the chairoplane of a chair -

That I sat in the day that I thought I had made up my mind

And as for that standard lamp it too keeps waltzing away

Down an unbridgeable Ganges where nothing is standard

And lights are but lit to be drowned in honour and spite of some dark

And vanishing goddess. No, whatever you say,

Reappearance presumes disappearance, it may not be nice

Or proper or easily analysed not to be static

But none of your slide snide rules can catch what is sliding so fast

And, all you advisers on this by the time it is that,

I just do not want your advice

Nor need you be troubled to pin me down in my room

Since the room and I will escape for I tell you flat:

One cannot live in the same room twice.

 

(1961)

 

 

I love that! I hope that you don't mind if I quote it in my Pen Poetry topic.

Rita

[Shinma]

I love that! I hope that you don't mind if I quote it in my Pen Poetry topic.

Rita

There has certainly been some exciting things going on in this thread

 

With school starting bright and early tomorrow morning, I'm out for now.

Goodnight everyone

[DAYoung]

Philosophy? Check.

 

Fountain pens? Check.

 

Star Trek? Check.

 

Oh boy. Welcome to FPN, Shinma.

[gross]

Welcome to The Fountain Pen Network. Glad to have you join us. Make yourself right at home. You will add a great deal to this network.

[Shinma]

Philosophy? Check.

 

Fountain pens? Check.

 

Star Trek? Check.

 

Oh boy. Welcome to FPN, Shinma.

Haha! Thanks for the clever welcome DAYoung! It definitely seems I'm right at home here

[Shinma]

Welcome to The Fountain Pen Network. Glad to have you join us. Make yourself right at home. You will add a great deal to this network.

Thanks for the welcome gross. I certainly look forward to contributing my fair share!

 

You guys really are great at making newcomers feel like they've always been a part of the community! :clap1:

[goodguy]

Welcome Daniel to the FPN family.

 

I see you are also a Treky

 

Heraclitus was a smart man but me personally I would be ashamed to walk around with a name that has a female anatomy part in my name (am I the only one that saw that ?) :ltcapd:

[Shinma]

Welcome Daniel to the FPN family.

 

I see you are also a Treky

 

Heraclitus was a smart man but me personally I would be ashamed to walk around with a name that has a female anatomy part in my name (am I the only one that saw that ?) :ltcapd:

Thank you for the welcome goodguy; and yes, I did purchase an Original Series replica of the Enterprise crew's communicator over the recent winter break!

 

Hmm.. I didn't notice anything particularly unusual about Heraclitoris' name. :hmm1:

 

Anyways, back to studying!

[goodguy]

 

Hmm.. I didn't notice anything particularly unusual about Heraclitoris' name. :hmm1:

 

 

Very good

[I am not a number]

Philosophy? Check.

 

Fountain pens? Check.

 

Star Trek? Check.

 

Oh boy. Welcome to FPN, Shinma.

Star Trek? Chekov

 

Honestly...

[DAYoung]

Philosophy? Check.

 

Fountain pens? Check.

 

Star Trek? Check.

 

Oh boy. Welcome to FPN, Shinma.

Star Trek? Chekov

 

Honestly...

 

Hush. You'll speak when you're Spocken to.

[Shinma]

Ahh, the trials and tribbleations of a few Trekkies chatting in what must look like Klingon to the rest of the forum...

 

First Ancient Greek, and now this!

[DAYoung]

Ahh, the trials and tribbleations of a few Trekkies chatting in what must look like Klingon to the rest of the forum...

 

First Ancient Greek, and now this!

 

We're an illuminati.

 

Kira eleison.

[Shinma]

We're an illuminati.

 

Kira eleison.

Dear Olympus! Members of the illuminati do not let non-members of the illuminati know of their membership!

 

On a side note: I took a peek at your website; very impressive work you're churning out! Keep it up

[Miranda]

Ahh, the trials and tribbleations of a few Trekkies chatting in what must look like Klingon to the rest of the forum...

 

First Ancient Greek, and now this!

 

We're an illuminati.

 

Kira eleison.

 

What does Kira eleison mean? Is it a star trek thing, or do you mean Kyrie eleison?

 

I'm also genuinely puzzled as to how you deduced the Star trek thing. Or would that be revealing too much of the religion?

[DAYoung]

Ahh, the trials and tribbleations of a few Trekkies chatting in what must look like Klingon to the rest of the forum...

 

First Ancient Greek, and now this!

 

We're an illuminati.

 

Kira eleison.

 

What does Kira eleison mean? Is it a star trek thing, or do you mean Kyrie eleison?

 

I'm also genuinely puzzled as to how you deduced the Star trek thing. Or would that be revealing too much of the religion?

 

'Kira' is a Star Trek character.

 

And the Star Trek conclusion followed from Shinma's avatar.

[DAYoung]

Dear Olympus! Members of the illuminati do not let non-members of the illuminati know of their membership!

 

What membership? Did I say 'illuminati'? I meant Masonic Lodge.

 

*cough*

 

On a side note: I took a peek at your website; very impressive work you're churning out! Keep it up

 

Cheers.

[Miranda]

And the Star Trek conclusion followed from Shinma's avatar.

 

Oh yeah. Thanks Damon. Easy to miss the obvious when one isn't interested in it. Don't worry, I know enough Klingon to get by in an emergency at a Star Trek convention. I even have friends who hold Star Trek parties in costume. No, I don't go.

[koa]

You see, once someone mentioned the Trekkie thing, we had to move from Attic Greek to Latin!

 

Ex nihilo, nihil fit.