Just want to put an end to this very simple but complicated question.
2007-03-18 14:17:27 · 9 answers · asked by Pauleen d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The egg.
An Egg is a potential chicken
A chicken is an actual chicken
Since potentiality precedes actuality, the egg came first. You can't become a chicken without first being a potential chicken.
The next step is "where did the egg come from"? The answer to this is that two animals (who were not chickens, and were not potential chickens), got together and formed a potential chicken (chicken egg). While neither one alone could become a chicken, together, they created a potential chicken (egg), which then became a chicken.
2007-03-18 14:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by PBeaud 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Egg.
Here's why.
The first "chicken", like all species, came as a result of a mutation of an earlier species.
So, when the chicken's "mother" laid the egg that contained it, it was, in essence, in that egg, and yet genetically different from its "mother", who was therefore not a chicken.
2007-03-18 21:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by Monc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for many years i pondered this question and many like it, than i read Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. then i realized that the chicken and the egg did not matter at all.philosophy should be more about how one should live and not abstract far reaching notions that will never make a difference in ones life.
philosophize with a hammer - Nietzsche
2007-03-18 21:35:17 · answer #3 · answered by "GoSANE" 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Must have been two chickens. How would a solitary egg stay warm so it could hatch? Chickens all the way!!!!
2007-03-18 23:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by The Helper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg. the egg would have to come first to produce a chicken. biblical speaking, the chicken.
2007-03-18 21:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chicken because you said it first.
2007-03-19 20:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by dust25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither . It is the HEN that comes first . Logically without a HEN there will be no egg or chicken .
2007-03-18 23:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by subra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken. God created it first.
2007-03-19 18:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man... guys usual c*m first! Ohh! Giggidy giggidy!!!
2007-03-18 21:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋