DrZoidberg
Contributor
I'm re-reading ancient religious texts now. I just had an insight.
Zeus rose up, toppled Chronos and seized power for himself. He's not the paramount God in the pantheon. But Chronos literally is time. He has time on his side. Sooner or later Zeus will fuck up and Chronos will come back to power. Zeus is ruling on borrowed time. He's not the eternal and unchanging power of the universe. He's a powerful warlord who has seized power temporarily.
There's an important lesson here about impermanence. Those we think are powerful and eternal will vanish. The only constant is change. The universe is fundamentally transitory.
There's a bit of wisdom here.
I love ancient religious texts. They're often so intelligently formulated.
Zeus rose up, toppled Chronos and seized power for himself. He's not the paramount God in the pantheon. But Chronos literally is time. He has time on his side. Sooner or later Zeus will fuck up and Chronos will come back to power. Zeus is ruling on borrowed time. He's not the eternal and unchanging power of the universe. He's a powerful warlord who has seized power temporarily.
There's an important lesson here about impermanence. Those we think are powerful and eternal will vanish. The only constant is change. The universe is fundamentally transitory.
There's a bit of wisdom here.
I love ancient religious texts. They're often so intelligently formulated.