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Humans lead the 'cosmic dance of dialogue'

By Leonard Swidler | China Daily | Updated: 2019-05-10 07:57

We humans have in the last two centuries increasingly learned that "nobody knows everything about anything". We know that all knowledge is interpreted knowledge. There is "reality" out there, but "truth" resides in our knowing capacities: senses, sensitivities and intellect.

Normally, we use the words "truth" and "true" to refer to our statements about something. We can say that our statement "the door is closed" is true if we have checked and found that the statement accurately described reality. At the same time, we can say many other "true" things about the door, for example, that it is so tall or so wide.

If this is true about a simple physical object, how much more is it true about more complicated, abstract matters, and especially the most comprehensive of all "disciplines", religion (an explanation of the total meaning of life, and how to live accordingly).

Humans lead the 'cosmic dance of dialogue'

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