Hello all

[Brit Dems]

Hello everyone here on Philosophy Now

My name is Hermes Trismegistus.

Pleased to meet you all.

[The Voice of Time]

Trismegistus? May I ask from where that name come?

[Bill Wiltrack]

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Are you the alchemist?




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[duszek]

Does the name only refer to you as an individual human being living in London ?

Or does it describe you in some way ?

Hermes is a messanger. The Greek god Hermes was brother of Athena and was a messanger of the gods dwelling on the mountain Olymp.

[reasonvemotion]

VoT wrote

Trismegistus? May I ask from where that name come?

Wikipedia will tell you.


Hermes Trismegistus. a Greek god.

Allusions of grandeur.

[The Voice of Time]

I wanted more details than that, RE. I know the name is Greek, I've travelled enough in Greece and read enough about Greeks to find that quite obvious (wikipedia also has an article for a semi-mythical writer by the same name, btw), however, I wanted to know the lineage, whether he's born domestically in Greece, or the child of immigrants somewhere, why the name was chosen by his parents (seems quite strange a name) and stuff like that.

[reasonvemotion]

I don't think this is his real name.

Isn't this so Hermes?

[Brit Dems]

Trismegistus? May I ask from where that name come?

And you love Philosophy?

[Brit Dems]

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Are you the alchemist?




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That entity we are?

[Brit Dems]

Does the name only refer to you as an individual human being living in London ?

Or does it describe you in some way ?

Hermes is a messanger. The Greek god Hermes was brother of Athena and was a messanger of the gods dwelling on the mountain Olymp.

The concept of the individual is questionable.

[Brit Dems]

I don't think this is his real name.

Isn't this so Hermes?

What is "real"?

[Impenitent]

hello,

I knew another HG3 a long time ago...

-Imp

[reasonvemotion]

reasonvemotion wrote:

I don't think this is his real name.

Isn't this so Hermes?

Brit Dems wrote:

What is "real"?

I get it. Your one of those pedantic poms.

Let me explain it to you succinctly.

Your personal name, is the real name which identifies you as an individual, which is given to you by the mother/father at birth.

So I ask the question again.

I don't think this is your real name.

Isn't this so Hermes? LOL

[The Voice of Time]

Trismegistus? May I ask from where that name come?

And you love Philosophy?

Do I sense sarcasm or an innocent sidetrack response? In case of sarcasm the ancient Greeks are not particularly interesting to me, and the character in question not particularly important either (although if you are a fan of the individual, then you'll probably have a different opinion about that).

In case of not sarcasm, I'd say I like philosophizing absolutely, philosophy is the great passion of my life, and I consider myself somewhat of an expert when it comes to making philosophy, as opposed to just reading it. Almost every day is a day for philosophy for me.

[The Voice of Time]

Does the name only refer to you as an individual human being living in London ?

Or does it describe you in some way ?

Hermes is a messanger. The Greek god Hermes was brother of Athena and was a messanger of the gods dwelling on the mountain Olymp.

The concept of the individual is questionable.

Mystic and blunt ^^ Not much help in this guy.