You have 10 candles in a row. You light the first candle, and use that to light the second one. Blow out the first candle, and use the second to light the third. Blow out the second candle. Continue till you reach the tenth candle...Is the flame the same as the first candle???
2006-07-03 09:27:28 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Look this is a philosophy question not science lol. I am just looking for a philosophical answer. This was posed to me by a professor back in 98 or so. There is no real right or wrong answer but mine was something like this...the essense of the flame is the same as the first, it has transformed itself but going thru many different lives, it was reborn and died reborn and died and so on....the last candle would have the life force of the first but would in itself be a new entity..umm i think i said more i need a refill :))
2006-07-03 09:53:20 · update #1
Hey bro!
Maybe if you blow the first one out at the exact same time as you light the next one, the flame might just jump from candle to candle and therefore be the same flame....
Or.... the flame would be the same as the first one becuase fire is fire :-)
Fizzy xx
2006-07-03 20:05:21 · answer #1 · answered by DJ Fizzy xx 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
If you used the first lighted candle to light the secound candle and then so on even though you blew it out on the first candle it is still the same fire from the first canle because if in other wise the secound candle was not lite by the first candle before the first candle was blown out then the fire would be a new one instead of the same one.
2006-07-04 03:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by Hobbit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "same" should be defined.
But I'll write yes.
The candle is different, and the wick. is different from candle # 1. The source of the energy to ignite candle wick # 10 , is from Candle wick # 9 and not # 1.
Dan the answers-Man.
2006-07-03 16:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consider the fact that if you lit one candle and let it burn, the flame you see now isnt the same flame you saw seconds before! The elements that are now causing the flame are burning in the present! Its all a matter of time!
2006-07-03 18:00:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flame is never the same, even if it was on the same candle. Fire is a chemical reaction and as the wick burns it is releasing chemicals and heat. Flame, or fire, is in a constant state of change.
2006-07-03 16:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by my_alias_id 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with this
No. The flame is defined by the material that is burning, which is different for each candle.
2006-07-03 16:33:21 · answer #6 · answered by Derek B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The flame is defined by the material that is burning, which is different for each candle.
2006-07-03 16:31:28 · answer #7 · answered by Savant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, each candle would have its own flame, because flames are made out from 3 diferent components:
Heat
Oxigen
combustibe matter.
So each candle would have its own and only wax to be burned, making so it's very own flame.
2006-07-03 16:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the same exact flame but it came from the first candle
2006-07-03 16:31:18 · answer #9 · answered by Leroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
the flame is the same flame as the one you started with.
that's why when you have a campfire, it's the same campfire the next morning (even though it has different logs on it).
it's the same flame.
the olympic torch is based on this.
2006-07-03 16:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by betteroursociety 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋