Single Idea 21795

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth]

Full Idea

Whatever I hold as true, whatever ought to be valid for me, must also be in my feeling, must belong to my being and character.

Gist of Idea

What I hold true must also be part of my feelings and character

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on Aesthetics [1826], I: 97), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 09 'Philosophy'

Book Reference

Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.244


A Reaction

I can see that truths do tend to become part of our character, but not that they ought to do so. I suppose I try to live my life enmeshed in the many truths which I have personally selected from the maelstrom of possibilities that engulf us.