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Is Truth relative or absolute?
One of my friends said that things which are true will always be true. I do not really…show more
10 Answers • Philosophy

Best Answer (Chosen by Voter)
You're both right.

Truth is relative: Research.
Truth is absolute: Vision.

It's two different stages of self evolution:

1. Research.
2. Cognition.
3. Thought.
4. Choice.
5. Vision.
6. Discovery.

Good luck!
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Everything is self-evident...Descartes.
B0X • 5 years
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Unless truth is absolute, it is not truth. A relative truth is only a useful lie. An approximate truth is only called so politely; it is a lie, because something is either truth or untruth. 'There is no way in between.

There is only one truth. What German Chancellor Adenauer has counted as four, are four aspects of it. He says there are four truths: the simple, the pure, the plain, and the whole truth. The first thing to remember is that the truth is always whole, just as the circle is always whole. You cannot have a half-circle. The moment it is half, it is only an arc, it is not a circle. The very word circle means the whole. If you say it is only a relative truth, then it is not truth because it is dependent, and truth is never dependent on anything.
A loving couple wanted to marry immediately, but the girl's strong-willed and domineering mother adamantly opposed the union.
"I can't help it," said the distraught girl to her boyfriend. "Mother thinks you are effeminate."
Reflecting for a moment, he replied, "You know, compared with her, maybe I am."
This is relative truth, but a relative truth is not the truth. Only the absolute and the whole is the truth -- and it is bound to be plain.

Exactly why then there is no right/wrong. Since you suggest it depends on the context - who's involve, what time, where, etc.

Scary but not surprising.

Burama

On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, Alieu S.K Cham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello again, Mr. Jammeh
There is, in my view, right and wrong. There has to be! -:) However, what is right or wrong depends on a given context. Alieu

On 30 Sep 2014 15:08, "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> That view is definitely supported by lot happenings within/around us.
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> The problem becomes - who's right and/or wrong? Or there is no such thing - right:wrong?
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> Truth being relative is scary to say the least.
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> Thanks.
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> Burama
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> On Tuesday, September 30, 2014, Alieu S.K Cham <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hmmm......very philosophical
>> indeed -:). Truth is relative, I would say. We see the world around us through a pair of glasses. What you see will therefore depend on what glasses you are wearing, right? This is of course not limited to physical objects around us, but also the way we analyse and make sense of everything, including the "truth". Alieu Cham, Oslo
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>> On 30 Sep 2014 14:49, "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Is truth absolute or relative?
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>>> Burama
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