According to Shelley, there is nothing left of the great king of kings, Ozymandias, except for a broken statue. Shelley believes nothing endures forever, not even powerful kings. Do you believe that nothing can endure forever? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
(I want to hear what you all think on this, because I honestly don't know)

Question

According to Shelley, there is nothing left of the great king of kings, Ozymandias, except for a broken statue.  Shelley believes nothing endures forever, not even powerful kings. Do you believe that nothing can endure forever?  Why or why not?  Explain your answer.  
(I want to hear what you all think on this, because I honestly don't know)

NotLeiland · Answer

According to science, all matter breaks down and recycles to its previous form. Say you had a perfect, indestructible box. Inside that box, you put an apple. Theoretically, if you were to leave that apple in that box for millions of years, it would decompose and completely recompose itself back into an apple. So technically, yes and no.

MidniteSunny · Answer

Das so extremely complex, jeez! I'd say yes and nu but it depends. 
Forever is a long time. I think it might depend on ur definition of forever. Until the end of time? Does time even end? Once we all die out, will there still be a forever until the multiverse collapses into nuthingness or does forever end when we end? 
In our world as we know it, our Earth recycles things all ze time. Our universe ish a huge system of things and systems always hav a way of being balanced, but maybe dat part doesn't even matter. Maybe if we focus on one thing specifically, it ends right as it begins. Like birth, we're ending just as we begin. 
Maybe ze only thing dat can endure forever ish nuthingness itself.

Lars · Answer

@notleiland wrote:

According to science, all matter breaks down and recycles to its previous form. Say you had a perfect, indestructible box. Inside that box, you put an apple. Theoretically, if you were to leave that apple in that box for millions of years, it would decompose and completely recompose itself back into an apple. So technically, yes and no.

@midnitesunny wrote:

Thanks for both of your inputs on this. Much appreciated! :) Das so extremely complex, jeez! I'd say yes and nu but it depends. Forever is a long time. I think it might depend on ur definition of forever. Until the end of time? Does time even end? Once we all die out, will there still be a forever until the multiverse collapses into nuthingness or does forever end when we end? In our world as we know it, our Earth recycles things all ze time. Our universe ish a huge system of things and systems always hav a way of being balanced, but maybe dat part doesn't even matter. Maybe if we focus on one thing specifically, it ends right as it begins. Like birth, we're ending just as we begin. Maybe ze only thing dat can endure forever ish nuthingness itself.