He held that philosophy, specifically Aristotelian philosophy, was and taught truth; revelation or revealed religion was a debased philosophy for the simple.
Educational institutions must be uncompromising in the pursuit of truth, but this is fully consistent with a commitment to seek and teach the truth about matters of social importance and, in some cases, to act on the resulting knowledge.
Like Spinoza, Mendelssohn held that it is not the task of Judaism to teach rational truths, though such truths may be referred to in the Bible.
This attitude does not seem to get taught in schools, even though the concern there is to teach the truth.
Colleagues teach "ground truth" -- how things really work -- not generalities and official pronouncements.
Although Unity prefers to consider itself a nonsectarian educational institution that attempts to teach religious truth, it has essentially become a denomination.
To prove he is serious, he hands over control of his shiny new academies to a secondhand car salesman who likes to teach the truth of creationism.
"Legislation for same-sex marriage, should it be enacted, will have many legal consequences, severely restricting the ability of Catholics to teach the truth about marriage in their schools, charitable institutions or places of worship.
Parents and teachers must teach morality (truth and love) to children.
After all, although public schools cannot promote or advance or endorse or teach the truth of any religion, they are perfectly free to teach about religion.
