Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00371)

What's the point of such inane assertions?  
Are you absolutely sure you know what you are talking about?  
There are many absolutes... According to the American Heritage dictionery; 

ab•so•lute adj. Abbr. abs. 1. Perfect in quality or nature;complete. 2. Not 
mixed; pure. See note at pure. 3. a. Not limited by restrictions or 
exceptions; unconditional: absolute trust. b. Unqualified in extent or degree; total: 
absolute silence. See note at infinite. 4. Unconstrained by constitutional or 
other provisions: an absolute ruler. 5. Not to be doubted or questioned; 
positive: absolute proof. 6. Grammar a. Of, relating to, or being a word, phrase, or 
construction that is isolated syntactically from the rest of a sentence, as 
the referee having finally arrived in The referee having finally arrived, the 
game began. b. Of, relating to, or being a transitive verb when its object is 
implied but not stated. For example, inspires in We have a teacher who inspires 
is an absolute verb. c. Of, relating to, or being an adjective or a pronoun 
that stands alone when the noun it modifies is being implied but not stated. 
For example, in Theirs were the best, theirs is an absolute pronoun and best is 
an absolute adjective. 7. Physics a. Relating to measurements or units of 
measurement derived from fundamental units of length, mass, and time. b. Relating 
to absolute temperature. 8. Law Complete and unconditional; final. n. 1. 
Something that is absolute. 2. Absolute Philosophy a. Something regarded asthe 
ultimate basis of all thought and being. Used with the. b. Something regarded as 
independent of and unrelated to anything else. 
[ Middle English absolut from Latin absolñtus unrestricted, past participle 
of absolvere to absolve ab- away; See ab- 1 solvere to loosen; See leu- in 
Indo-European Roots.] 

 

In a message dated 01/11/05 8:17:34 PM, bartl@sprynet.com writes:

>Cass Silva wrote:
>> Guess what, there are other absolutes, Truth is Absolute.
>
> The next sentence is a lie.
> The previous sentence is true.
>
> Bart