[ Home | Get Access | Plagiarism | Terms ] User Name: Password: Title: Absolute Understanding Words: 1043 An elephant was brought to a group of blind men who had never encountered such an animal before. One felt a leg and reported that an elephant is a great living pillar. Another felt the trunk and reported that an elephant is a great snake. Another felt a tusk and reported that an elephant is like a sharp ploughshare. And so on. And then they all quarreled together, each claiming that his own account was the truth and therefore all the others false (traditional parable). None of the accounts that the blind men made about the nature of the elephant are absolute truths, nor are the accounts false. An absolute truth, or one that is true for all, can not be achieved because of the constant motion of circumstances of who said it, to whom, when, where, why, and how it was s ... Get the full essay and 29,000 more samples by joining PaperNerd.com You must be registered and logged in to access this essay. Click here to register, or if you are already a member you can login now.