Sometimes people argue of knowing the truth for everything, they think they are so wise that they really believe that what they know is the only truth possible. Some claim that their knowledge comes from other people, others claim to have studied so much that they know everything, and some claim to have experience so much through their lives that they understand a lot of things.
The question is which one of them can come nearer to reaching the truth? In my personal opinion, knowledge through experience is the better way to come to a truth. Savater in his book “The Questions of Life” argues that sometimes our senses, specially our vision, could blind us from getting towards the truth. I argue against this idea. I think that knowledge through experience isn´t only our vision but all of our senses combined. By using them, we will not only memorize an idea, but really understand it in a practical way in which we will never forget.
For example if you want to know human anatomy, you can either ask someone to explain it to you, go to the library and study from books or you can examine directly into a dead corpse in a hospital. I think that is better to live the experience and realizing for ourselves than learning from others, which we don´t know how reliable everyone else’s information could be.
I definitely agree with Erick. I in my opinion think there is only one truth for every question but thinking about it I realize that we are not the smart enough yet to get those single truths. I can believe one truth that I have learned here in Mexico and then go to China and see that they have something else as truth. For example, Mexico is a catholic country so it believes in the catholic stuff but you go to China or somewhere else and they might believe in Buddhism, so this is why I said truths change in our world. The question is WHO IS CORRECT?
ResponderEliminarA lot of people do that that they are really sure that they know something, but how they get that information? How can we be sure that they are in the right path? That’s why we should not always believe in others. You believe that experience things and events is the best way to get to the real truth, so as I, because no one tell us, we just saw it and experience it, but how can we know if what we see is not just an illusion?
ResponderEliminarErick, I agree with you when you say that the better way to come to a truth is through experience. That's the best way because you can't always trust on what others say to you. Experience is the best way because we can live the experience and only you can decide to believe or not.
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