2007-03-12 09:30:27 · 5 answers · asked by kasar777 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Depends upon your philosophical foundations. The first version, "Without darkness there would be no light," is an expression of dualism - the belief that no thing exists without its opposite necessarily existing as well.
Your rebuttal, that without darkness, "there would be only light," would be an example of monism - that the universe simplifies to the One True Thing which contains everything.
2007-03-12 09:37:11 · answer #1 · answered by stmichaeldet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you misunderstand. Darkness is the natural state of things. When you bring in light, it pushes the darkness away. Not the other way around. All light must have a source. Darkness just is.
2007-03-12 09:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because without a concept of darkness there would be no concept of light.
2007-03-12 09:36:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, or because there can be anywhere a patch of darkness.
2007-03-12 09:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by cass 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I assume that this is your attempt to be a deep thinker...try again.
2007-03-12 09:35:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋