This anecdote was made famous by the Greek writer Plutarch, in his biography of one of the legendary heroes of Athens. The story is about something that was used to make possible the journey from Crete to Athens, or in particular, whether that thing was indeed the same thing as before.
This story has inspired something that has made waves in Indian cinema in 2013. What?
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The story is called the "Ship of Theseus" - a movie by the same name and containing some of the themes implied by the philosophical quandary of the story has received lots of critical acclaim in India in 2013. Here's Wikipedia on
the concept and
on the movie.
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