Wednesday, September 23, 2015

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not a truth." (Marcus Aurelius, Roman leader, philosopher, Stoic).

I agree with Aurelius in his view of our perspective of the surrounding environment is subjective and unique to each of us. No two of us experiences that exact same event quite the same. When we hear a bird chirp or see a sunset, we live the experiences differently because of the fundamental nature of who we are. Everything is relative, there is no such thing as an absolute. There is nothing 100% good, nothing 100% evil, everything is simply different shades of gray. Looking at the same item of clothing, two different people can have completely different opinions on it. In fact, this is the case almost every single time. We all have different tastes, different likes and dislikes, and therefore different world views, all based on our genetics and individual experiences growing up. We create definitions and language to help us communicate similar experiences, but no definition or language can quite entail the entire experience and all of its meaning and implications to us because we are simply different people. Because of this basic truth, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not a truth".

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