251 | Truth has the supreme value, for both gods and men [Plato] |
21356 | Piety requires us to honour truth above our friends [Aristotle] |
20849 | Falsehoods corrupt a mind, producing passions and instability [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius] |
1852 | For the mind Good is one truth among many, and Truth is one good among many [Aquinas] |
6258 | Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product [Montaigne] |
8018 | Spinoza's life shows that love of truth which he proclaims as the highest value [MacIntyre on Spinoza] |
12549 | Nothing is so beautiful to the eye as truth is to the mind [Locke] |
19574 | If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis] |
21795 | What I hold true must also be part of my feelings and character [Hegel] |
19443 | Truth forges an impersonal unity between people [Feuerbach] |
15999 | Pure truth is for infinite beings only; I prefer endless striving for truth [Kierkegaard] |
23520 | Truth has had to be fought for, and normal life must be sacrificed to achieve it [Nietzsche] |
2914 | One must never ask whether truth is useful [Nietzsche] |
11090 | Why do we want truth, rather than falsehood or ignorance? The value of truth is a problem [Nietzsche] |
20380 | Why should truth be omnipotent? It is enough that it is very powerful [Nietzsche] |
24092 | I tell the truth, even if it is repulsive [Nietzsche] |
24114 | The pain in truth is when it destroys a belief [Nietzsche] |
23199 | What is the search for truth if it isn't moral? [Nietzsche] |
23202 | Like all philosophers, I love truth [Nietzsche] |
24082 | Is the will to truth the desire to avoid deception? [Nietzsche] |
23715 | Psychologists should be brave and proud, and prefer truth to desires, even when it is ugly [Nietzsche] |
14853 | Truth finds fewest champions not when it is dangerous, but when it is boring [Nietzsche] |
20357 | Truth was given value by morality, but eventually turned against its own source [Nietzsche] |
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
23755 | Genius and love of truth are always accompanied by great humility [Weil] |
23877 | Most people won't question an idea's truth if they depend on it [Weil] |
23853 | Truth is not a object we love - it is the radiant manifestation of reality [Weil] |
22462 | We should speak the truth, but also preserve and pursue it [Foot] |
19151 | Antirealism about truth prevents its use as an intersubjective standard [Davidson] |
23291 | Without truth, both language and thought are impossible [Davidson] |
23284 | Plato's Forms confused truth with the most eminent truths, so only Truth itself is completely true [Davidson] |
23286 | Truth can't be a goal, because we can neither recognise it nor confim it [Davidson] |
22664 | I do not care if my trivial beliefs are false, and I have no interest in many truths [Nozick] |
21032 | Speak truth only to those who deserve the truth [Sandel] |
21033 | Careful evasions of truth at least show respect for it [Sandel] |
14992 | We don't care about plain truth, but truth in joint-carving terms [Sider] |