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Originally Posted by Aresteh If the greatest of ancient thinkers could not define truth. How is it that you finds it so simple? Many times you use 'Is not' ... This is hard for us, he's does not know if you mean true or false? for your journey --- reza

Thanks for your help reza,

My writing skills are not very strong. As far as my use of the word "not" it is irrelevent and as you say confusing. I'll try not to use it in the future.
I think I use it to emphasize the simplicity of a question or thought. An example: does a dog bark? Or does a dog not bark? I think "not" for me means: hello, this is an easy one!

As far as the simplicity of truth, I heard a Greek story once, that I thought came from Democritus. Others have said it was someone else, and I have yet to find it again. It goes something like this:
A great and knowing Greek man (Democritus) walked into his house and said, "woman, come outside with me, I wish to show you the universe." She followed him out into the dark starry night, and with no lights they stumbled along as they walked. Suddenly, the man fell into a deep ditch that he did not see. The woman, suprised herself, began to laugh hysterically at him. He asked her for a hand up. She continued to laugh, and now along with his embarrassment, he grew angy at her. He asked: "what do you find so funny?" She replied, "only that you claim to know the universe, yet you do not even know what is in front of your own two feet."

That story made a huge impression on me. I believe the moral of the story is only that the truth of the universe is simply in front of our own two feet. The Greeks knew where to look, but yet looked beyond the truth, as we still do today.

Equal is in that ditch of truth.
No nots!

Thanks,

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