Thank you... :-)
2007-07-02 05:06:21 · 17 answers · asked by KT_(Kritty) 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think the answer is no,KT.You may be surprised by the persons you thought you knew.
2007-07-05 05:05:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mark 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hiya there! :-)
& very much so! For years, my sister and I didn't really get on well. The only thing that kept us together was the fact we shared the same blood. However, as I matured..we began to spend more time together, and now shes one of my best friends! She was there the whole time, yet I didn't actually realise it!
Another example, do you remember our attitude towards each other last year? Ouch..won't go there! However, we overcome our "differences" if you like..and we began to get to know each other! We spent 5 days a week in the same room as each other..yet we didn't recognise that we would grow to become true friends!
Lack of understanding can lead you to a false perception of somebody..Sometimes its the person that you least expect, to pop up and be there when you need them, or let you down..Be the tissue that wipes away your tears, or the words that produce them!
Still...at the end of the debate about one question, more questions are raised..no? Like, "Can you ever truly KNOW somebody?"
Hmmm...
Thank you for opening up my mind! I'm sorry..I keep giving you really long answers..once I write, I can't stop!
2007-07-03 07:07:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. You may know them empathetically in a moment of time- like an intuition- but this doesn't get to the complexity of who people are. As someone else pointed out, you can discover an aspect of a person after years of knowing them. Circumstances can and will reveal a great deal, whether it is a good or disappointing thing about a person.
The only way to get into a person's head is to communicate with them, not knowing them is just too removed. You can give me a thousand quotes about the Buddha or Ghandi, Bush or Paris Hilton, but I can't claim to truly know any of them.
2007-07-02 05:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by Habt our quell 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are several ways to tackle this question but for sake of time (and since I am at work), I will only give two brief answers:
1) If someone tells you enough about a person, you can start to learn the person and you will know them in a sense...
2) You can be in a relationship with someone for years and think you know them, you know them physically, you can identify them, and there are some personal things you have noticed about them but if they are hiding a significant part of themselves, you may not know them at all.
2007-07-02 05:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by Meg...Out of Hybernation 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This not something that I concern myself with. To be known or to be understood is not a particular interest of mine and it hasn't been.
I rarely claim to "know" someone, although many people claim that I "know" them. Until we are capable of hearing each other's thoughts, no on will truly know the extent of another person.
2007-07-02 05:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure . . . the same as knowing a fact without actually knowing it.
2007-07-02 05:22:49 · answer #6 · answered by Grey Raven 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Some people are very good at compartmentalizing their lives. The person you know could very well be a very different person when you are not around.
2007-07-02 05:17:39 · answer #7 · answered by David V 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, i think if you have had a conversation with someone, and someone express to you your thought a person can feel a connection, which can be consider as knowing someone without knowing them. happen to me all the time, someone with the same thoght process we think alike
2007-07-02 05:28:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There's more than one kind of know isn't there? I might know about some people, but the only way to know someone in-depth is if they are honest and open their soul up to you.
some people we think we know well shock us at times.
2007-07-02 05:14:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, you can know who someone is, like what their name is, what they do for a living etc.
but at the same time you don't know what they're like, you don't know their thougths, dreams, personality, how do they really feel.
and this is either their "fault" - because they don't open up to you, or yours - you don't want to know them better, you don't have time etc.
2007-07-02 05:15:20 · answer #10 · answered by succubus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋