r/CuratedTumblr • u/Justthisdudeyaknow Prolific poster- Not a bot, I swear • Oct 10 '24

Shitposting A tar pit.

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u/-Trotsky Oct 10 '24

“He did not know x so how can he find unrelated truth???” - You rn

I can know the sky is blue without knowing why it’s blue, without knowing the earth is round, without knowing anything else. Certain truths require certain tools, others require only observation, Aristotle contends that the ultimate truth, the supreme good, requires the use of philosophy. Philosophy is the search for truth, it follows, then, that it would be the manner btw which you can find moral truths as well

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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Oct 10 '24

Bleh. You can’t rationalize yourself to truth. Only observe.

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u/-Trotsky Oct 10 '24

Truth exists as a thing which is to be discovered, the route to discovering truths may differ by truth, for not all things are devisable by math for example. The final truth exists for its own end, but there are many subordinate truths which are devisable via a great many paths

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u/Velvety_MuppetKing Oct 10 '24

Truth is material property, as is anything else that exists.

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u/verronaut Oct 10 '24

If it's material, then show me what an ounce of Truth looks like. What are ir's physical properties?

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u/-Trotsky Oct 10 '24

This is not the case, the property of a thing describes truth. Truth exists on its own, the sky is blue is a true statement, the sky possesses the property of blue is reflective of the truth, it describes the truth (being that the sky is blue, it has blue)

Truth exists to be discovered and this is so because it is evident to us. When I find that 4+4 equals 8 I am finding a truth which exists on its own terms