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[from 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' by John Locke, in 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth ]

Full Idea

Nothing is so beautiful to the eye as truth is to the mind.

Gist of Idea

Nothing is so beautiful to the eye as truth is to the mind

Source

John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 4.03.20)

Book Reference

Locke,John: 'Essay Concerning Human Understanding', ed/tr. Nidditch,P.H. [OUP 1979], p.552


A Reaction

This is historically interesting, if we ask whether anyone in the centuries preceding Locke would ever have written such a remark. A deep historical question is why the value of pure truth went up so sharply in the early Enlightenment.