What is Truth?
"What is 'truth'?" I was asked this question last night, and I believe my answer contained the words 'authentic', 'true to oneself' and possibly 'genuineness'. I was not prepared for the question, as deep as it was/is. However, in my true scholarly fashion, and after a shallow dive into a few websites, I would like to start the discussion and begin framing a more coherent answer. We are raised to 'tell the truth'. For children, this ' simply' means, state the facts. For my youngest son, telling the truth was very difficult. In fact, he would stay firm in his false account of the day or a situation for as long as possible. Not telling the truth usually resulted in some form of consequence, however, telling the truth which involved misbehavior of some sort also resulted in a consequence - usually of lesser detriment (because you were honest). If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain So is trut