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Single Idea 10916

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth ]

Full Idea

Truth is either a putting-together or, if the thing has being, it has it in a certain way. Truth for these things is intuiting them.

Gist of Idea

Truth is either intuiting a way of being, or a putting together

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1051b30)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.282


A Reaction

This seems to confirm what Aristotle says in Idea 10914, that there are two aspects to truth - the immediate grasp of atomic facts, and the assembling of complex facts. This resembles Tarski's construction of truth for complex sentences.

Related Idea

Idea 10914 Simple and essential truth seems to be given, with further truth arising in thinking [Aristotle]