To understand universal truth, we must begin by defining truth. Truth, according to the dictionary, is “conformity to facts or reality; a statement proven or accepted as true.” Some people would say that there is no true reality, only perceptions and opinions. Others would argue that there must be an absolute reality or truth. One point of view says that there are no absolute values that define reality. Those who hold this view believe that everything is relative to something else, and therefore no real reality can exist. For this reason, ultimately, there are no absolute moral values, nor authorities to decide whether an action is positive or negative, right or wrong. Universal truth exists but people will never know it. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay Despite a person's perfect argument about his truth, sometimes, people feel that that person's opinion or action is not right. That feeling can be discussed as universal truth. To take the paradox of the court as an example: after education, Euathlus decided not to pursue the profession of lawyer and Protagoras decided to sue Euathlus for the amount owed. Protagoras claimed that if he won the case he would be paid the money. If Euathlus had won the case, Protagoras would still have been paid according to the original contract, because Euathlus would have won his first case. Euathlus, however, claimed that if he won, by court decision he would not have to pay Protagoras. If instead Protagoras had won, Euathlus would still not have won the case and therefore would not have been obliged to pay. So, both sides of this court are right because their argument is right and logical and also the law is not abolished by anyone. This, perhaps, leads to the conclusion that everyone has their own reality, but despite listening and analyzing both arguments there is a feeling that Euathlus is not right and should pay his teacher the money deserved for teaching Euathlus. This may be the universal truth, what we believe is fair justice, but even this human being cannot know it 100% exactly. Despite each person's feeling of truth, each human being has his own reality, truth and morals. That is why it is impossible to know the truth about what spreads about every human being. For example, simply to take colors; person N1 sees the book and says it is blue, person N2 agrees but does not even suspect that the blue color of person N1 could be, for example, green for person N2. Person N1 was taught that person N2's green was blue. Maybe only the names remain and the colors change for each human being. N1 cannot settle in N2's body and know what is happening with his vision. So if humanity can't even trust colors, how can it trust anything else? Take for example the Greek philosopher Plato's Allegory of the Cave. It describes a group of people who are chained to the wall of a cave for life, facing a blank wall. People see shadows on the wall created by the fire behind the prisoners. Because of the chains the prisoners cannot go out and see the sun, so they think that fire is the brightest thing in the world. The prisoners are humanity, the fire (illusion of truth) and the shadows are the illusion of what people see, the caves and chains are something that prevents people from knowing the universal truth: the sun. We cannot trust what we see because we are "closed" in this reality like the prisoners in Plato's cave. We think what we see is reality and do not suspect,
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