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583 | The starting point of a proof is not a proof [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: Who defines the healthy man, or who is awake or asleep? This is a pursuit of foundations, but this is seeking an account where there isn't one. The starting point of a proof is not a proof. | |
From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 1011a10) | |
A reaction: a comment on Descartes |
23034 | The ultimate test for truth is the systematic interdependence in nature [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
Full Idea: Systematic interdependence in the world of nature is the ultimate test of truth. | |
From: report of T.H. Green (works [1875]) by John H. Muirhead - The Service of the State II | |
A reaction: Green (or Muirhead) drifts between coherence as the nature of truth and coherence as the nature of justification. He it is the 'test' for truth, which was Russell's view. |