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Originally Posted by mkirkpatrick  Maybe like within the Absolute lies all, so we start with all and finish with everything? |
Can't assume the Absolute and begin inside of it. Have to prove the Absolute and then get inside of it. (what's the difference between "all" and "everything"?)
The Absolute has to be "(in)dependent" and not "relative". That supplies the implications to get inside of it.
It also states the goal of where to begin.
To prove the existence of the Absolute (something), one has to first prove the impossiblity of absolute nothing (non-existence).
A TOE can not be started by assuming something absolute and then saying therefore, absolute nothing does not exist. Nor can it be started by saying that something and nothing as a relative pair, are the starting point.
No asumptions whatsoever.