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Topic subjectOne cannot exist without the other.
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12715974, One cannot exist without the other.
Posted by initiationofplato, Mon Feb-02-15 01:51 PM
>there are things, and there is the absence of that thing
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>light and dark are not really a pair, dark is the absence of
>light

You cannot have dark on its own without light to illuminate that it was dark. You cannot have light without dark to illuminate that it is light.

>poor is the absence of wealth

Cannot have wealth without poverty to illuminate wealth.

>cold is the absence of heat

Cannot have heat without cold to identify what cold or heat is. They are tied together at the hip. They are the same thing!

>stillness is the absence of movement

You know what I'm going to say.

>homeless is the absence of a home
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>that in itself doesnt lend to the idea that there should be 2
>homes, or a pair of universes
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Think about it again. You cannot have the foreground without the background.