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Single Idea 7077

[filed under theme 3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth ]

Full Idea

The true is the whole.

Gist of Idea

The true is the whole

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], Pref 20)

Book Ref

Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Phenomenology of Spirit', ed/tr. Miller,A.V. /Findlay,J.N. [OUP 1977], p.11


A Reaction

This is the full idealist coherence view of truth, that one only approaches the Truth (capital T) as one builds up a more and more coherent picture. It makes truth unattainable, and that strikes me as a bit silly.