Even one?
2006-10-11 21:56:07 · 9 answers · asked by Candidus 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Okay, so far, there are no constants given here because:
1) What, if anything, happens after death is not known, so death may or may not be a constant.
2) The movement of celestial bodies plus their interaction on tides, etc. may be altered given natural phenomena.
3) What is hot and what is cold are a matter of opinion, which can change at various points in our lives.
4) If you fall in love you will not necessarily hurt. There is a full spectrum of human interactions out there and some of them are satisfying to someone, even if only a very few.
5) "Life is not fair." Life may or may not be fair. Some people get better than they deserve, some people get exactly what the deserve, and some people get far less. It's variable and therefore not constant.
6) "Happiness is greatfulness." Happiness can be said to be anything, even a puppy. That is entirely subjective.
Are there any constant truths without qualification?
2006-10-12 08:35:17 · update #1
There are points of view which makes a true statement to appear not true any more. So, in my opinion you can only acknowledge truth if you are able to look at a subject from all sides. And there are always 2 faces of a coin, so knowing both of them with an open mind, puts you in the position of deciding what is true and what isn't. In this process only your experience and knowledge matters.
From historical point of view, no truth is constant, and that is because we change our points of view during time, as individuals and as communities, as nations and as human race in it's whole, as we discover new things and forget old ones.
If you want a constant truth you need to set a constant environment, with strictly defined boundaries.
2006-10-11 22:52:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any number of truths are there which are constant and need no qualification or certification from any human being.
To quote some a) sun rises in the east and sets in the west
B) waxing and waning of moon is natural set to fixed schedule
c ) ocean tide and ebb are regular and have their own schedule
d) man cannot live without breathing etc etc
2006-10-11 23:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Brahmanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
death
2006-10-11 23:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by vinod s 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1.We are all stuck smack in the middle of nowhere.
2. Happiness is greatfulness!
2006-10-11 22:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by manfrmjungle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will die... provided you exist... um... do we exist... um how could death be a truth if we can't prove we exist, but I think... therefore am I? gosh I don't know... um... dang!
2006-10-11 22:04:39 · answer #5 · answered by Zloar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're born, you will die.
If you fall in love, you will hurt.
The sun will rise & set.
2006-10-12 00:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life is not fair.
2006-10-12 02:59:44 · answer #7 · answered by mike53153 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hot things are hot and cold things are cold.
2006-10-11 22:08:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
we require air to breathe
2006-10-11 22:09:52 · answer #9 · answered by phyllis_neel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋