Single Idea 23853

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth]

Full Idea

Love of truth is not a correct form of expression. Truth is not an object of love. It is not an object at all. …Truth is the radiant manifestation of reality.

Gist of Idea

Truth is not a object we love - it is the radiant manifestation of reality

Source

Simone Weil (The Need for Roots [1943], III 'Growing')

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'The Need for Roots' [Routledge 2002], p.250


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