Single Idea 23884

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth]

Full Idea

Truth is a value of thought. The word 'truth' cannot have any other meaning.

Gist of Idea

Truth is a value of thought

Source

Simone Weil (Reflections on Value [1941], p.32)

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.32


A Reaction

This makes a nice change from truth being a mere predicate. I would call truth the criterion of success in thought, and that counts as a value, so she is right.