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Absolute Understanding

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, ...

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