Master of Arts. A Master of Arts (Latin: Magister Artium; abbreviated M.A. or MA; also Latin: Artium Magister, abbreviated A.M. or AM) is a person who was admitted to a type of master's degree awarded by universities in many countries, and the degree is also named Master of Arts in colloquial speech.
There are many forms of relativism which vary in their degree of controversy. The term often refers to truth relativism, which is the doctrine that there are no absolute truths, i.e., that truth is always relative to some particular frame of reference, such as a language or a culture (cultural relativism).
It really only comes in to play as you approach the speed of light and at that point it helps to have some fairly robust mathematics behind you. The points made above may apply to the general idea of things being relative but this is what the quote refers to. Source(s): Took a class on relativity in college.