My book tells me of the value of friendship. Of being true to your self and knowing your limitations. Of the joy to be found in the simple pleasures of life. That 'learning' isn't everything. That nothing lasts forever, (except perhaps love).
It's called 'The House at Pooh Corner'.
2007-04-20 01:28:54 · 29 answers · asked by Wood Uncut 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mmmm, Alan Alexander Milne was a very perceptive man wasn't he! Yes beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and what a good job we all perceive things differently! As for truth, each person in a human drama holds a peice of the jigsaw and, from that, believes that their view of the picture is absolute. However, it's not until the final peice has been found and put into place that the whole picture, and therefore the complete truth, can be seen. The human mind is so easily deceived, which is why we should always keep it open to possibilities.
2007-04-20 01:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by uknative 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't recall much about the book, but it certainly seems to contain some wisdom, such as the "truth" that learning isn't everything. For example, truth isn't very useful unless you act in accordance with it.
Even though truth is independent of the beholder, I think everyone has their own frame of reference. A great story illustrating this is the one of the blind men and the elephant where blind men experience an elephant in different ways and obtain radically different ideas of what an elephant is.
2007-04-20 09:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by Bryan Kingsford 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beauty certainly does seem to be in the eye of the beholder as several tests have proven,when showing the loved ones three pictures of their beloved one as they are, one improved and one made to look worse they always choose the improved version believing it to be correct . I think people often do this with the true and not always on purpose show a group of people the same thing ,you wont get all the same answers, try going to a weight watchers class there will those who are convinced they are showing a true diet sheet . A very interesting question
2007-04-20 08:44:47 · answer #3 · answered by lucy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's say this: A "truth nazi" is not fun to be around. A know it all, always right, the sort who insists they are right, and tell you next day after a conversation that they looked it up at home and saw they were right and you were wrong...
I think there is often, maybe even usually one truth. One true and totally relevant fact. One best or better solution. But a laid back attitude goes down better with civilized people, I think.
This may miss the point, but I hope not.
2007-04-20 08:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by Winston Smith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If learning was not everything, would you have been able to ask the question ?
As for "Truth" ... there are many kinds, not all based on fact. but then without learning, how would you know the fact from fiction ? Hence I guess the simple ideal ... "Ignorance is bliss".
Fair play to A.A. Milne ... now time to chuck a stick under a bridge and see if a miracle happens and it appears the other side.
2007-04-20 08:36:51 · answer #5 · answered by brianthesnailuk2002 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Just look at history for example. History deals in facts, right? Wrong, it deals in truth. Take two books about WWII. One from the American perspective and one from the French perspective, two countries that fought on the same side. Do they tell the same story? Hell no because truth is in the eye of the beholder.
2007-04-20 08:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by walyank 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I just used the "truth is in the eye of the beholder" line in an email to someone about an hour ago...spooky!
Also spooky, I've counter-challenged Bible quotes with Milne quotes...
I guess the only thing to say is that some people don't get it. Or, in other words, "Pooh is in the eye of the beholder."
2007-04-20 08:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They say you can bring a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Truth is like that. Even if you have proof, even if the majority agrees, even if... anything; some people will believe as they see fit. So much is in the eye of the beholder, its easier to tolerate then convince.
2007-04-20 08:33:19 · answer #8 · answered by Moonman298_0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I love the Pooh books too.
But I do believe in objective truth.
2007-04-20 08:35:43 · answer #9 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It applies to everything out there (with the mandatory exception of the entity defined by unity of everythingness, as that has nothing external to be relative to).
So yes... truth is entirely relative.
There is no such thing as objective truth.... only subjective truth..... hence arguing over whether something is or isn't true is entirely redundant.... and anyone who claims truth is absolute is a retard.
... Not an "absolute" retard, since that is an impossibility.... but at least 99.99999999% retard.
2007-04-20 08:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by Nihilist Templar 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋