Essays on Truth

“Truth is relative” (Velasquez, p. 433, 2017). The meaning behind this statement is the fact that there is no objective truth in the world, humans only have a few ways to gauge their own subjective truths through life experience. Two major theories of truth are...

In order to understand universal truth, we must begin by defining truth. Truth, according to the dictionary, is “conformity to fact or actuality; a statement proven to be or accepted as true.” Some people would say that there is no true reality, only perceptions and...

In his essay ‘Of Truth’, Francis Bacon appreciates truth and wishes people to speak it. He begins the essay with a Biblical Allusion in which Pontius Pilate (who occupied an important position in Emperor Tiberius’ court) asks Jesus “what is truth” and then promptly walks...

Socrates would have responded to Kierkegaard’s assertions that; the most important truth is radically individualistic and subjective, that conversing rationally leads nowhere, that faith is the only solution to the problem of happiness, and that faith transcends and even rescinds morality, by questioning what the...

Kierkegard has many beliefs and ideas. One of those being that truth is subjectivity. The truth of subjectivity can be defined in many ways in ones eyes. For instance, truth as subjectivity (and reality) is his definition of faith. Kierkegaard’s definition of truth is, ‘An...

Today it has been 123 years since Gandhi was born. His assassination was a great shock. But, surprisingly, his demise banded those in India who had lost belief in non-violent co-existence. As a matter of fact, Gandhi’s death taught everyone about the worth of communal...

Truth. It is the real facts about a situation, event, or person or the quality of being true, as described by the Cambridge Dictionary. But really this may not be one hundred per cent accurate as one person may have their own truth and experience...

The proper way to determine truth is a dilemma that we have been attempting to answer for centuries. We see this dramatized in Peter Weiss’s The Truman Show, a film that draws heavily from Plato’s Allegory of The Cave, one of the most well known...

Dishonesty, as a vice, is universal and timeless; according to the Bible, the very first humans on earth committed the first sin of deception. Adam and Eve lied to God about whether they had eaten the fruit of the forbidden tree in the Garden of...

As an Absurdist, Albee believed that a life of illusion was wrong as in consideration it created a false content for life, it is therefore not surprising that the theme of ‘truth and illusion’ throughout Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf plays a significant role. Using...

In Sophocles’ play Antigone, Kreon, the warrior King may overrule Antigone, a mere woman’s, struggle for political power, but can he match Antigone’s resistance in a fight for political authority? Political power in a state rises from the presence of a force that exerts dominance....

The absolute paradox is attempting to seek something for which thought is incapable of thinking. Beneath all thinking that transcends him is a passion, but due to the limits in man’s capacities, it is unable to be obtained. Understanding is in constant efforts to seek...

Rashomon is a Japanese movie which about a rape and murder in different versions in which it leads to the true meaning of the author, Akira Kurosawa, that wants to emphasize about the nature of truth and reality. This film creates the arguments of what...

‘Some rise by sin, and others by virtue fall’ – William Shakespeare. This quote is central to the themes in the play ‘Othello’, written by William Shakespeare in 1603. Iago is a character that rises by ‘sin’ due to his masterful manipulation of those around...

Communication is the trait that brings humanity to the human race. The ability to share, define, and collaborate on ideas with others is what creates society. Since the beginning of time, influential figures have stressed the importance of this process. Plato, a Greek philosopher from...

Is our present reality really real? Does the media tell us the truth or is it up to us to read critically and listen critically in order to arrive at a more objective truth of events? In this essay, I will first look at truth...

Introduction According to Reiner. “When we speak of finding the truth about the past we deal with two major concepts ‘”History and history”’ which are two different definitions on their own which can lead to the proper understanding about the past. According to Renier, G....