PHILOSOPHICAL TRIVIA: ETYMOLOGY OF “TRUTH”
Proto Indo European *dru- “tree,”
Meaning: “As steadfast as an oak”.
Truth is testimony of correspondence with reality.
Nothing can be ‘true’ independent of an assertion that something is true. Statements or theories can correspond to reality. But reality can’t correspond to itself. A thing is not true in itself. That’s not logical.
Source date (UTC): 2013-09-08 00:53:00 UTC
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