Four Noble Truths

Shakespeare introduces the question whether Desdemona’s death was inevitable. Shakespeare suggests that Emilia has the power in the final scene. This is exemplified through her claim that she “will speak as liberal as the North.” By controlling the truth, she controls the action of the play, consequently taking away everyone else’s power. The use of the word “liberal” suggests an idea of individual rights, contrasting to Emilia’s actual position of the play, as she is repressed by her husband.…

attending school, she was too busy at home taking care of Mama and the house. Maggie always wanted to be better than her older sister Dee. The time that Mama told Dee that Maggie was going to marry John Thomas, Maggie could have stopped her and told the truth. She was just too ashamed to tell…

In Clifford’s “The Ethics of Belief,” Clifford argues the immorality of believing without sufficient evidence. In most situations, Clifford’s point of view would be practical; if we wish to be true seekers of the truth, it would be unethical to ever believe in something without sufficient evidence. This is a valid statement, but there are exceptions to this idea which are dependent on the situation. When it comes to the type of evidence presented, a belief can be justified or found to be wrong.…

you believe there is a cat. For instance, you can say that the cat resembles the cats you have seen before, the cat feels like a cat and the cat is meowing. This is enough justification to back up your belief, adding credibility to your proposition. Truth, belief, and justification work together to provide a generic format of what knowledge is. Some philosophers say that this is all you need to have knowledge but certain situations can questioned the accuracy of the entire…

In an earlier chapter we discussed how our parents rewarded us with positive words and attention whenever we correctly named what they were pointing at. This positive attention would make us glow inside, and we would do anything to receive that feeling again. That game taught us how to interact with other people, and how to perceive the world as a combination of separate objects. But that’s not all we learnt. The game also taught us that the way to obtain a person’s approval and attention…

define what certainty really is. Truth also should be defined in order to help better understand the question. Once all three of these terms are defined then the main question can be dealt with. Truth should be dealt with first since it is the underlying aspect of the question. Some people could consider certainty truth. However, I do not feel as if certainty is truth. I think that truth is the final step in the grand scheme of what is real. I think that truth could be best defined as an…

they reject the truth and in so doing reject themselves.…

between signifier and signified” and crossing out entire entries (142). This concept of truth versus how it is represented connects to Alison’s struggle against appearance and reality she faces throughout her life. When she finds out about her father’s homosexuality, her image of her father, her parent’s marriage and the narrative of her life completely changes; in addition, she frets over what is the actual truth of her life and what was representative fiction. The moment of Alison’s coming out…

Poythress offers a foundational interpretation for all mathematical thought. Driven by his strong love for math along with his strong love for God, Poythress argues that “God’s consistent character and nature are found in the harmony between mathematical truths, our physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking.” Poythress bases his interpretations on the purity and beauty he sees within mathematics which mirrors the pure and beautiful nature of God himself. In a world that…

oft-quoted verse, we find God giving us a promise that He will heal our land if we follow through with these instructions. Moreover, aside from this great model, we also know that love is a great enactor of change, so long as it is firmly rooted in truth—unabated by the continuous assailing of the adiamorphic belief…