Have you ever wondered, how much you can alter an object before it loses its identity and becomes a new, different object? Can something change, yet remain the original? What about you as a person? Can you really always keep “being yourself”? Or at what point do you become “someone else” if you keep changing – independently of whether you progress or decline?

There is a strong relationship between the language you speak, the words you know, and your ability to think. There are theories claiming that if a word or concept does not exist in your language, you will not be able to grasp the concept entirely! Could this possibly be true? And if so, can we break this tie?

The famous and brilliant philosopher Seneca claimed that “it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that things are difficult”. This is without a doubt a beautiful and very inspiring quote, but is it also true?