Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins

Ko sam ja? Filozofsko istraživanje - Ejmi Edkins (Amy Adkins)

Prevodilac: Tijana Mihajlović Lektor: Mile Živković

Throughout the history of mankind,

Kroz istoriju čovečanstva,

three little words have sent poets to the blank page,

tri male reči vodile su pesnike do prazne stranice,

philosophers to the Agora,

filozofe u agoru

and seekers to the oracles:

a tragače u proročišta -

"Who am I?"

„ko sam ja?”

From the ancient Greek aphorism inscribed on the Temple of Apollo,

Počevši od starogrčkog aforizma zapisanog na Apolonovom hramu,

"Know thyself,"

„Spoznaj samoga sebe”,

to The Who's rock anthem, "Who Are You?"

do rok himne „Ko si ti?” grupe „Hu”,

philosophers, psychologists, academics,

filozofi, psiholozi, akademici,

scientists, artists, theologians and politicians

naučnici, umetnici, teolozi i političari

have all tackled the subject of identity.

bavili su se pitanjem identiteta.

Their hypotheses are widely varied and lack significant consensus.

Njihove hipoteze se uveliko razlikuju i nedostaje im značajan deo za konsenzus.

These are smart, creative people,

Ovo su pametni, kreativni ljudi,

so what's so hard about coming up with the right answer?

pa šta je onda toliko teško oko dolaženja do pravog odgovora?

One challenge certainly lies

Jedan izazov se sigurno nalazi

with the complex concept of the persistence of identity.

u komplikovanom konceptu istrajnosti identiteta.

Which you is who?

Koji Vi je ko?

The person you are today?

Osoba koja ste danas?

Five years ago?

Ona od pre pet godina?

Who you'll be in 50 years?

Ona koja ćete postati za 50 godina?

And when is "am"?

A kada je ,,jesam”?

This week?

Ove nedelje?

Today?

Danas?

This hour?

U toku ovog sata?

This second?

Ove sekunde?

And which aspect of you is "I"?

Koji vaš aspekt je „ja"?

Are you your physical body?

Da li ste vi vaše fizičko telo?

Your thoughts and feelings?

Vaše misli i osećanja?

Your actions?

Vaše radnje?

These murky waters of abstract logic are tricky to navigate,

Ovim mutnim vodama apstraktne logike teško je ploviti,

and so it's probably fitting that to demonstrate the complexity,

pa je verovatno prigodno to što je, da bi demonstrirao komplikovanost,

the Greek historian Plutarch used the story of a ship.

grčki filozof Plutarh koristio priču o brodu.

How are you "I"?

Kako ste to vi „ja”?

As the tale goes, Theseus, the mythical founder King of Athens,

Priča kaže da je Tezej, mitski osnivački kralj Atine,

single-handedly slayed the evil Minotaur at Crete,

ubio jednom rukom zlog Minotaura na Kritu,

then returned home on a ship.

a zatim se vratio kući brodom.

To honor this heroic feat,

U čast ovog herojskog podviga,

for 1000 years Athenians painstakingly maintained his ship in the harbor,

Atinjani su brižljivo održavali njegov brod u luci tokom 1000 godina

and annually reenacted his voyage.

i jednom godišnje rekonstruisali njegovo putovanje.

Whenever a part of the ship was worn or damaged,

Kad god je deo broda bio istrošen ili oštećen,

it was replaced with an identical piece of the same material

zamenjen je identičnim delom od istog materijala

until, at some point, no original parts remained.

sve dok, u određenom trenutku, više nije preostalo originalnih delova.

Plutarch noted the Ship of Theseus

Plutarh je primetio da je Tezejev brod bio

was an example of the philosophical paradox

primer filozofskog paradoksa

revolving around the persistence of identity.

koji se okreće oko istrajnosti identiteta.

How can every single part of something be replaced,

Kako se može baš svaki deo nečega zameniti,

yet it still remains the same thing?

a da ipak ostane ista stvar?

Let's imagine there are two ships:

Hajde da zamislimo da postoje dva broda.

the ship that Theseus docked in Athens, Ship A,

brod kojim je Tezej doplovio u luku, brod A,

and the ship sailed by the Athenians 1000 years later, Ship B.

i brod kojim su upravljali Atinjani 1000 godina kasnije, brod B.

Very simply, our question is this: does A equal B?

Veoma jednostavno, naše pitanje je: da li je A jednako B?

Some would say that for 1000 years there has been only one Ship of Theseus,

Neki bi rekli da je tokom 1000 godina postojao samo jedan Tezejev brod,

and because the changes made to it happened gradually,

a zbog toga što su se promene na njemu dešavale postepeno,

it never at any point in time stopped being the legendary ship.

nikada, ni u jednom trenutku, nije prestao da bude legendarni brod.

Though they have absolutely no parts in common,

Iako nemaju apsolutno nijedan zajednički deo,

the two ships are numerically identical, meaning one and the same,

ova dva broda su numerički identična

i znače jednu istu stvar,

so A equals B.

pa je A jednako B.

However, others could argue that Theseus never set foot on Ship B,

Međutim, drugi bi mogli tvrditi da Tezej nikada nije kročio na brod B,

and his presence on the ship is an essential qualitative property

a njegovo prisustvo na brodu je

of the Ship of Theseus.

suštinska kvalitativna osobina Tezejevog broda.

It cannot survive without him.

Ne može da preživi bez njega.

So, though the two ships are numerically identical,

Tako, iako su dva broda numerički identična,

they are not qualitatively identical.

nisu i kvalitativno identična.

Thus, A does not equal B.

Stoga, A nije jednako B.

But what happens when we consider this twist?

Šta se dešava, međutim, ako razmotrimo sledeći preokret?

What if, as each piece of the original ship was cast off,

Šta ako bi, dok se svaki originalni deo broda odbacuje,

somebody collected them all, and rebuilt the entire original ship?

neko sve njih skupio i ponovo izgradio celokupni originalni brod?

When it was finished, undeniably two physical ships would exist:

Kada se izgradi, neosporno bi postojala dva fizička broda -

the one that's docked in Athens,

jedan koji je doplovio u Atinu

and the one in some guy's backyard.

i onaj u dvorištu nekog momka.

Each could lay claim to the title, "The Ship of Theseus,"

Svaki bi mogao da polaže pravo na naziv „Tezejev brod”,

but only would could actually be the real thing.

ali bi samo jedan mogao biti pravi.

So which one is it,

Dakle, koji je pravi

and more importantly, what does this have to do with you?

i, što je još važnije, kakve veze ovo ima sa vama?

Like the Ship of Theseus,

Kao i Tezejev brod,

you are a collection of constantly changing parts:

Vi ste skup delova koji se stalno menjaju -

your physical body, mind, emotions, circumstances, and even your quirks,

Vaše fizičko telo, um, emocije, okolnosti, čak i vaši hirovi se

always changing, but still in an amazing and sometimes illogical way,

stalno menjaju, ali ipak, na neki zapanjujući i ponekad nelogičan način

you stay the same, too.

ostajete i isti.

This is one of the reasons that the question, "Who am I?" is so complex.

Ovo je jedan od razloga zašto je pitanje „ko sam ja?” toliko složeno.

And in order to answer it,

Da bismo odgovorili na njega,

like so many great minds before you,

kao i mnogi veliki umovi pre vas,

you must be willing to dive into the bottomless ocean of philosophical paradox.

morate biti voljni da zaronite u okean filozofskog paradoksa bez dna.

Or maybe you could just answer,

Možda biste mogli i prosto da odgovorite:

"I am a legendary hero sailing a powerful ship on an epic journey."

„Ja sam legendarni heroj koji upravlja moćnim brodom na epskom putovanju.”

That could work, too.

To bi, takođe, moglo da upali.