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[from 'Nicomachean Ethics' by Aristotle, in 3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth ]

Full Idea

A statement is true if all the data are in harmony with it.

Gist of Idea

A statement is true if all the data are in harmony with it

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1098b12)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.77


A Reaction

I think being 'in harmony' is a better than 'corresponds' as an attempt at pinpointing the truth relationship. It seems impossible to pin down how 'the bus is coming' relates to the bus coming.