Quote Originally Posted by rissaya View Post
Yet, to be absolutely sure that something is true, you need something that is already known to be true, to support it. My point is that there are walls beyond the wall you first climb, and then more walls beyond that, and so on. I can search for knowledge, but when can I, if I ever can, be sure that what I have gathered around me is true?
This is exactly the point I was making. We can never be absolutely sure. The most we can say is that, as far as we know this is true. If something comes along at some future date which contradicts what we "knew" to be true, our knowledge is wrong and must be changed or discarded.

Absolute truth is the destination. The path is laid with broken perspectives and subjective truths. And you never reach the end. Something like Tantalus reaching for the apple that always moves beyond his reach.
Exactly.