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>As I once read in a Terry Pratchett book; if you replace the handle of an axe and then replace the head, is it still the same axe? Yes and no. It is the Axe o
by fuzztester 2y ago
>As I once read in a Terry Pratchett book; if you replace the handle of an axe and then replace the head, is it still the same axe?
Yes and no. It is the Axe of Theseus ;)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
- aswerty 2y agoThanks - I think somewhere in the back of my mind I was also aware of the Ship. But Pratchett is too good. The quote: > This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And sometimes it has required a new handle, new designs on the metalwork, a little refreshing of the ornamentation . . . but is this not the... axe of my family?
- mgkimsal 2y agoOr Trigger's Broom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUl6PooveJE