Contrast as Change, Distinction as Contrast
Contrast as Change, Distinction as Contrast
The distinction of a "thing in itself" reflects that the phenomenon is a point of change to another phenomenon due to its contrasting nature. Given an appearance only exists through contrast, the nature of the "thing in itself" is one of fundamental emptiness given no one phenomena exists on its own. To point out a distinction is to point out the change of one phenomena to another much in the same manner where a man of distinction is one who changes from what is considered normal thus offering a different paradigm of behavior.