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Single Idea 584

[from 'Metaphysics' by Aristotle, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism ]

Full Idea

The claim that all appearances are true makes all things relational. Hence the claim is shifted to all appearances being true relative to a subject, time, sense and context.

Gist of Idea

If truth is relative it is relational, and concerns appearances relative to a situation

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1011a20)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.105


A Reaction

applies to Epicurus