The stubborn belief that one is right remains a common theme in most arguments. Yet this belief often proves faulty because one lacks the perspective to see the whole picture and is doomed to know only a part of the truth.
In his collection of short stories called “Fifty Famous Stories Retold,“ James Baldwin retells the tale of ”The Blind Men and the Elephant.” Through this story, Baldwin addresses the lack of perspective in arguments, because each person believes he knows more than the others.
