Nietzche stated that "in a similarly limited way, man wants the truth; he desires the agreeable life-preserving consequences of truth." This seems to a major idea that holds the blocks of philosophy together. Truth in fact, is the ultimate star philosophers reach for. Many other questioned issues are mere comets when compared to the quest for what truth is, how truth comes about, and what truth means. This paper will explore two of the most important questions concerning truth. The first of these questions refers to what constitutes truth, what defines it. There are many agreeable and opposing opinions regarding what defines truth. These opinions will help us understand what truth is. Once we know how it is defined, we will advance one step closer to understanding the second of our questions. The second question refers to how truth is known, the answers it gives us, and the criteria of truth. This is important since we must know how to test our definitions of truth,.
to find truths. We must know how truth is known to fully understand it. There seems to be several criteria for taking truth as such. We will explore that in the proceeding.
Let us begin by dissecting the first question. What constitutes truth? What defines it? Most philosophers argue that truth is based on what is questioned, tested, and proved. We cannot, after all, believe everything we hear and take it as true. Mao Zedong encourages this by stating in his work On Practice that you can "discover truth through practice and through practice verify and develop truth." Is the finished product truth or is it the original idea? I mean to say that one may have an original idea that seems right yet further thought may change your initial hypothesis. This means to say that truth exists in most every thought, just not verified truth. There is arguably truth in one's first instinct; there is truth in an original idea, it just may not be verified.
In Search of the Truth About Truth and Honesty The chair in the center of the room is green. ... To get a straight answer on what the truth really is, one would have to define "truth."" Truth, lies, integrity, beliefs.. ... Who is to decide what the truth really is? ... What is put out there as the truth is not always the truth. ...
What is Truth? Truth exists and is an absolute. ... If my truth differs from your truth that can only be because either one or both of us is unaware of the truth and has called something true which is not. ... Maybe is dishonesty to truth and if it touches truth, then truth becomes maybe. ... Truth is the quality of being true, and anything that is true is a truth, the concept of truth is uncommonly complex and variable. ...
What is Truth? Truth exists and is an absolute. ... If my truth differs from your truth that can only be because either one or both of us is unaware of the truth and has called something true which is not. ... Maybe is dishonesty to truth and if it touches truth, then truth becomes maybe. ... Truth is the quality of being true, and anything that is true is a truth, the concept of truth is uncommonly complex and variable. ...
"Who was Sojourner Truth?" ... It was Truth's religious faith that transformed her from Isabella to Sojourner Truth. ... It was said, "New York was Truth's Egypt". ... (Truth, ch23) They said that Truth tried to poison them but they said that they had known about it. ... Truth had a major impact on the creation of the book. ...
She, along with others, led a society through a journey of truth. No other woman would fit this description except Sojourner Truth. ... (Sojourner Truth 1) She believed that He wanted her to take this name, which meant the journey to truth, and evangelize His word. ... (History-Sojourner 1) John Dumont was the slaveholder of Sojourner Truth. ... Truth yelled out, "Fredrick, is God gone?" ...
She, along with others, led a society through a journey of truth. No other woman would fit this description except Sojourner Truth. ... (Sojourner Truth 1) She believed that He wanted her to take this name, which meant the journey to truth, and evangelize His word. ... (History-Sojourner 1) John Dumont was the slaveholder of Sojourner Truth. ... Truth yelled out, "Fredrick, is God gone?" ...
Sojourner Truth Life was very hard in the days of slavery for all African Americans. ... In 1850 Truth published her autobiography, ghostwritten by Olive Gilbert. ... Truth's "Ar'n't I a Woman?" ... I found it very astonishing what Sojourner Truth did in order to get where she ended up. ... If it wasn't for Sojourner Truth I don't know where this cause would be today....
Sojourner Truth was born a slave named Isabella Baumfree sometime in 1797 in Ulster county, New York. ... In 1843, she changed her name to Sojourner Truth. ... As a speaker, Sojourner Truth became known for her quick wit and powerful presence. ... Truth and called it: "Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl". ... Just as Truth, the mechanical robot was traveling and in search of truth. ...
In Buddhist terms this noble truth translates into Dukkah. ... The second noble truth is "suffering is caused by craving." ... The third noble truth is the 'the extinction of craving'. ... Once nirvana has been achieved, you shall move on to the next noble truth. ... This fourth truth is the eightfold path. ...
