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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 Ref
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.
| 23881 | All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil] |
| 23883 | Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil] |
| 23882 | Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil] |
| 23884 | Truth is a value of thought [Weil] |
| 23885 | Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil] |
| 23886 | Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil] |