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Topic: “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false”. Discuss this claim

Opinion: 

The statement is false. Reality is absolute. There is a clear distinction between truths and falsities. 

Plato once said: If you believe the truth is relative then you believe all views are correct. And if you believe all views are correct then you believe my views are correct. And since I believe truth is absolute, you must therefore believe truth is absolute." Relative truth leads to contradiction.

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An example of something true is that the world is round. No ma

tter how many people believed that the world was flat with and end, scientists have proved that the world is round. 

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