What's the meaning of "in any absolute sense"?
I was reading a few sentences and I couldn't understand 'In any absolute sense' here. Could anyone please explain to me what it means?
In any absolute sense I would not rate this place 4/5. It is somewhat dated: the bathroom fixtures in my room were not great, and the fitness room is bare-bones.
"It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects."
I think this is the right answer - they can have arrived by now is idiomatically unlikely, but it's certainly not "incorrect" in any absolute sense.
Please explain to me what in any absolute sense means here in above examples.
Thank you
I am not completely sure but I will try to help:
First "In any" tells us that it is not defined in a singular definite manner but rather a multitude of them.
"Absolute sense" shows us that in a sense it also has to be absolute and completely correct. Remember it only has to be correct not definite or the only possible answer.
So, that tells to us that "In any absolute sense" means "In any correct but not definite manner."
It's pretty much a glorified way of saying "most definitely" or "truly."