"この世には対比によってのみ存在するもの以外の品質はない 何もそれ自体として存在しない"
— Herman Melville
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Simplified Meaning:
Everything we perceive or understand is defined by its comparison to something else. For example, we understand what light is because we also know what darkness is. A person knows what it means to feel happy because they have also felt sad at times. If you only ever experienced one thing without its opposite, you wouldn’t fully comprehend or appreciate it. Imagine if it was always day and never night; you wouldn’t understand the concept of night at all. This idea can be applied in life by appreciating different experiences and realizing that our understanding of any quality is shaped by our experiences with its opposite.
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Being Context Contrast Duality Existence Inherent Perspective Philosophy Quality Relativity
