The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth.

Idries Shah
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When an idea is false, every other idea that is related to it is also false. For example, when my glove is on my hand, then my hand is on my glove. However, when my glove is off my hand, then my hand is off my glove. If I’m not wearing any gloves and no one else has any gloves on them either, then no one has a hand on their glove and everyone’s hands are off their gloves. The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth because this may be true for a short period of time and then be proven false.

Source: Reflections

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