The lessons of the ancient Greeks are relevant today: seek the truth, recognize limits and pursue moderation.
When Cecilia Payne, a British-born graduate student studying at Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., recognized the great abundance of hydrogen and helium in 1925, she was persuaded by her elders to mark the result as spurious; only later was the truth recognized.
"You tell me -- because I am King, I was born and entered the world to witness to the truth, and everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth recognizes me".
An innate grasp of certain basic truths, recognized by the light of agent intellect, plays a crucial, foundational role.
These four concepts are no longer just theories; they are spiritual truths recognized in mind, body and soul.
Which brings me to the challenge of seeking truth and recognizing it when you see it.
(ME) The patients' group, while strongly supporting truth telling (recognizing it to be in their best interest and especially important to protect their dignity), acknowledged that not all patients could endure the truth.
It is all too easy to read right past the reference to "Darwinian truths" without recognizing that the reference is not to Darwin, the theorizer of evolutionary processes, but rather to Herbert Spencer's thoroughly discredited and bastardized adaptation, "Social Darwinism".
Strayed's book has been successful, largely by word of mouth, partly because it reflects a truth we recognize.
Even after the truth was recognized, the Army stuck by its award on the theory that Corporal Tillman acted heroically before he was killed.
