Philosophy

[brownjenkins]

Originally Posted by D.Sullivan

Funny, you say that like you know what the truth is? you know, absolutely.

I should have said that absolutes, in terms of human concepts, are illusionary.

Defining what are essentially human concepts as illusionary is admitting that everyone, including myself, don't know what the truth is. Or, if there even are truths, for that matter.

While one can argue the existance/non-existance of matter (i.e. a TV), it's quite a different matter where concepts are concerned.

A TV probably exists whether or not there is a human in the universe to observe it. So, while it's appearance is relative to the observer (some might find it intriguing, while others dislike them), it's probably safe to assume that the TV has some characteristics that are independent of the observer, and maybe even "absolute" in some way.

Concepts (good, evil, love, hate) are a whole 'nother ballgame. They don't exist without the observer present to define them. This is why they are illusionary. Though they are very powerful illusions.