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Take another example. Suppose one John dips his right hand into a bucket full of hot water and the left one in the icy cold water. Soon after the dips his both hands into a basin containing luke warm water. What is the resuet ? The right hand experiences cold, whereas the left hand gets the sensation of heat. The lukewarm water gave rise to two contradictory sensations. This simple example gives us a clue to appreciate the philosophy which opposes absolute and onesided predications,
Philosopher Hegel seems to support this system of thought when he says, “Every thing contains within itself its opposite. It is impossible to conceive of anything without conceiving anything of its opposite. A cow is a cow and is at the same time not a cat. A thing is itself only, because at the same time it is not something else. Every thesis for an argument has its antithesis. Truth lies on both sides of every question. The truth is either-sided. All nature is a reconciliation of opposites."
In the parable of seven blind-born persons it is said that they were describing various limbs of an elephant as the whole elephant. This made them quarrel. One who bad touched the feet thought it like a pillar and one who had touched his ears affirmed him like a winnowing fan. The passer-by found out the real cause of their quarrel and he said to them, "Friends, every one of you is correct. The mistake is that you have the knowledge of partial truth which you suppose to be the whole truth about the elephant. If all your statements are properly
