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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
Truth is a matter of asserting correct combinations and separations [Aristotle]
Truth is either intuiting a way of being, or a putting together [Aristotle]
Simple and essential truth seems to be given, with further truth arising in thinking [Aristotle]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
Nothing is so beautiful to the eye as truth is to the mind [Locke]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers
Truth only belongs to mental or verbal propositions [Locke]
It is propositions which are true or false, though it is sometimes said of ideas [Locke]
If they refer to real substances, 'man' is a true idea and 'centaur' a false one [Locke]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 6. Verisimilitude
If one error is worse than another, it must be because it is further from the truth [Aristotle]