Can opposites arise from opposites? I personally believe so.
Without fear, how can there be hope?
Without the ability to hate, how can there be love?
Without life, how could there be death?
How is it that these things come from their counterparts?
2007-03-20 14:17:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Humanity needs these inverse to prove the positive. Without them, there is just neutrality.
Without poverty, how can there be wealth?
If everyone has a sufficient amount of money, then there is no one that is in poverty, and no one is technically 'wealthy'.
2007-03-20 14:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Istari C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These things give birth to each other in the same moment. The realm in which they are born into is known as duality. The realm they are born out of is consciousness or awareness which is the mother of all existence.
2007-03-20 21:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it is a simple concept of Yin and Yang: two forces that support each other, transform into each other, do not exist without each other and are integral part of each other.
2007-03-20 22:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by oksana_rossi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋