I've been trying so hard to relate it to something but I can't seem to find it.
2007-12-11 09:09:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Did I post this question in a science category? Ofcourse I know water is not a living thing. I want a philosophical answer please.
2007-12-11 10:18:57 · update #1
Thank you for everyone’s contribution. I am happy that you guys gave this question a go. I know that there is no one right answer. This question may not require any thinking at all but actually our imaginations to answer it for us.
For me, this question talks about water. Water as precious as of all the elements in the world symbolizes spirituality. Water like many of us goes where things take them, they like to go with the flow and follow things. This can be bad for ones self-identification and their lack of individuality. People who live on nothing but water are craving for affection from others. They want to be acknowledged and loved. However, it is not about other people’s love we should seek first to be like water but to love one self before you can begin seeking love.
2007-12-11 23:59:06 · update #2
To consume water is not to BE water.
You cannot gain the nature of a thing by eating it, or living near it, or watching it. Many things do this much more than a man can, and they still do not have watery natures.
If you want to BE like the water you must do MORE. It is changing your nature that he means to be 'the hardest thing in the world'.
2007-12-11 09:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...well obviously humans who survive on water don't become like water although if you were to really going to think about it...water is composed of 2H and 1O humans are composed of complex DNA strands, water is clear and humans are not transparent, and water has yet to be identified as a living organism so u can not live like water due to that fact obviously
2007-12-11 10:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by elliot710 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe when you are living on water you are dependent on it, where as water is independent, and does not need anything to sustain it?
Arg, this is tricky. :/
2007-12-11 09:19:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.. you're not living like water because you are not water.. you just live with it or for it, if you do.. but you're definitely not living like it.
2007-12-11 10:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by ash 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can't live like water, water doesn;'t live at all.
2007-12-11 09:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋