We differ only if we do not represent the same.
We try to make a difference. But we never make a difference.
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2006-10-19 17:25:59 · 11 answers · asked by Opposite D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
nope. is it coffee if it looks & smells like coffee?
2006-10-19 17:29:46 · answer #1 · answered by christy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I already answered the first question when you asked it in your previous query.
As for your second statement, I disagree. Either something is or it is not. That applies to physical entities, ideas, and actions. Since one must act or otherwise spread an idea to make a difference, that difference is. Therefore, people can make a difference.
In somewhat simpler terms, people certainly may attempt to enact change, and they may or may not succeed in their ventures as fully as they'd hoped. But they have still, at even a minute level, made a difference. It is fatalistic to suggest that no matter what we do, we as humans cannot make a difference... that we are fated to whatever ends may be, and that it's entirely out of our control. While it's true that we all will die at some point, innumerable things up until that point are under human control, or are the results of things at some point caused by an action under human control. We can and do make a difference.
2006-10-20 00:34:09 · answer #2 · answered by Rat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find your first question too ambiguous to answer. As to the second; the operative word is TRY. We may "try" to alter circumstances, make changes, etc., & sometimes succeed & sometimes not. BUT. We make a "difference" every day of our lives just by BEING. Unintended or motivated, what we say, our attitude, our presence impacts others, & like an echo continues to "make a difference" beyond what we can comprehend.
2006-10-20 02:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part one : True. If you represent the same, you are not different.
Part two: Make is proactive. Anything proactive has two parts - the actor and the receiver. To cause change, you (the actor) must cause a change in the receiver. If you cause a change, then you have made a difference.
2006-10-20 01:06:45 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we differ only if we do not represent the same... valid.
can a cat be a dog??? both are animals, but both differ in kind.
we try to make a difference... valid
we tend to divert from the meaning of truth. try to present different choices. try to prove a point to many entangled ideas....
but we never make a difference.... neutral.
despite the objectivity of cause, at times we do make a diference. proving righteous from vile... showing humility than arrogance. obtaining success from dismal performance...
though at times we never do make a difference. the harder, the more difficult, the more strain we exert, we still arrive at the same place, at the same expectations of others....
2006-10-20 01:07:23 · answer #5 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has been rightly said: ekam sad vipra bahudha vadanti -- truth is one but expressed differently by the wise. If we study the final crux of all statements of the men of wisdom, then in the ultimate analysis we find that they all come to one conclusion. Difference appears to be apparent to us because we fail to see in clarity the final statement of these people. This is due to our preconceived ideas and ideations that don't allow us to see in clarity.
2006-10-20 00:32:55 · answer #6 · answered by Virgo 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not really..coz you can be difference even if you represent the same. like identical twins they might be the same profile features bot doesn't necessary mean they have they same personality.
just like the first..,never make a difference i think coz you chose not to.If you really want to make a difference of course you can.Its really up to us to make a change.
2006-10-20 00:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by james ian h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no,we differ because we aren't the same,my experiences could only relate to yours.
and we cant make a difference at least in others or the world around us unless we change ourselves(the difference)and in changing ourselves (for the better or worse) we change(make a difference) in the world around us..thus a difference
2006-10-20 00:38:11 · answer #8 · answered by stygianwolfe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Representation is not the same as essence.
Making a difference requires frame of perspective.
2006-10-20 00:35:03 · answer #9 · answered by serpentknot 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I don't agree.
We different because WE ARE different.
Event what we do is the same, but we are still different, because the result will be different too.
2006-10-20 04:32:28 · answer #10 · answered by Joxie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋