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21356 | Piety requires us to honour truth above our friends [Aristotle] |
Full Idea: While both are dear, piety requires us to honour truth above our friends. | |
From: Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1096a16) | |
A reaction: Interesting that 'piety' requires it. Piety doesn't figure much in Aristotle. He has just been talking about Platonic Forms. It would be an odd person who sacrificed a friendship for a trivial truth. |