2006-10-08 08:13:02 · 13 answers · asked by Tarzan 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think I know what you mean. When I was a child, one of my first memories is wondering why everyone else had a body that was outside of me. I was locked inside myself and could only view. It was almost as if they lived and existed and I just observed.
It takes time to acclimatise to our individuality and acknowledge that the dice has fallen in such a way as to give you, say, brown hair, blue eyes, a propensity to be left-handed, and has decreed that your family shall be this man, that woman, those siblings.
Some people kick against the fall of the dice, but acknowledging that this is WHO you are, WHAT you are and WHERE you are is a big step on the road to maturity and (if you really want to) to change your situation inasmuch as not letting your background circumstances decree your outlook on life or what you do in life.
In the fullness of time it is you who captains the ship of your life. It is you who chooses to go down this road, or that road. So learn to be proud of who you are and be glad to be you and not another boy.
2006-10-08 08:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by sincerely yours 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean, you could drive yourself crazy trying to come up with an answer to this one. I finally resolved it this way:
A cow doesn't worry about what it would be like to be another cow, neither does a bear or a monkey. Human brains, for some reason, ask themselves questions that have no basis in reality, like what if god made a stone that even he couldn't lift? Or if always halve your distance to your goal, can you ever really reach the goal? The question really has no meaning. Same with what if you were someone else. It won't help you understand anything else in life. You are you. I know it's hard, but you just have to let go.
2006-10-08 16:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am what I am could be expressed as the equation x=x
You are whatever you are. In maths, this is taken to be self evident logic without need for further investigation.
Other people will give longer answers with reference to biology and philosophical concepts.
2006-10-08 15:37:26 · answer #3 · answered by _Picnic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The task of clarifying separated modes of consciousness (by immersing ourselves in such a striving) is precisely what makes critical decisions about noematic descriptions at all possible by the funda
2006-10-08 20:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by James P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think about similar things a lot. Why am I who am I and not someone else? My advice on such things are do not devote your entire life to figuring out these questions. Our brains are not complex enough to understand these ideas. It's fun to think about it sometimes but don't tear yourself apart.
2006-10-08 16:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by Liz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're mother gave birth to you and your father provided the sperm. If you father (or some other man) gave sperm to another woman, then you could be another boy.
2006-10-08 15:16:24 · answer #6 · answered by scraps 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to say you were just another boy would implicate that you were the same as all boys. however we are all individuals and have different values, morals etc.... so you are who you are because you are you and no-one else is.
2006-10-08 15:27:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are what you make yourself so if you want to be another boy, change!
2006-10-09 10:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by twinkletoestheballerina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This ain't philosophical - you just is, that's all - didn't your momma teach you nothin'?
2006-10-08 15:16:33 · answer #9 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are what you are because of your world, your education, your family, your problems...
2006-10-08 15:57:16 · answer #10 · answered by Ντάνιελ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋