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“It is evident that everything is in a continual flux, and it is as impossible to find any certain individual in the world as it is to take up any definite quantity of water in the ocean.”

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Everything is always changing, and it is just as hard to find one specific thing in the world as it is to grab a fixed amount of water from the sea.

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Change Constant change Ephemeral Flux Identity Impermanence Metaphor Philosophy Transience Uncertainty
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