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“If you would be a real seeker of truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
(Rene Descartes)

“If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.”
(Marcus Aurelius)

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Greetings,

Let’s imagine you were a con person, trying to forge a fake-truth to gain profit or fame or whatnot. The success of such art of deception lies in a number of key finesses in one’s understanding of the Truth.

  1. Should know what the truth may look like.
  2. Should be familiar and well-versed in discourse of the area.
  3. Be able to present it in such a way that meets the expectation of the audience, so should know the audience.

So my question is how do we obtain truth? What is the necessary condition in which the Truth can be obtained?

Furthermore, it seems the most natural truth in our everyday experience requires a certain mechanism or background sense or contextual sense to make them truth.

I’ll give you few examples,

  • We say something is 50kg,
  • He is tall,
  • he is a good person,
  • there is a sky above,

Truth to be told, strictly speaking none of the above exhibit quality based truth. Why is it so?

Join me for a small discussion on Truth and its necessary prerequisite conditions. I look forward to hearing your views and opinions.

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❓ Questions :

(I)
Truth in the Age of Fake News: How do we know what's real?

(II)

  • Is truth something we discover or something we create?
  • Can something be "true for me" but not "true for you"?
  • Does science have a monopoly on truth, or can art/intuition provide it too?

(III)
Does "The Truth" Actually Exist?

(IV)
What is the universal truth that never changes?

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  1. Logical / Rational truths

These are the strongest candidates for “never changing.”
• Law of non-contradiction
→ Something cannot be both true and false at the same time
• Basic mathematics
→ 2 + 2 = 4 (independent of culture or time)

These are often considered necessary truths—they don’t depend on the world, but on logic itself.

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  1. Existential truths (about human life)

Across philosophies, people often agree on:
• Impermanence
→ Everything changes (ironically, this is the “unchanging truth”)
• Mortality
→ All humans die
• Uncertainty
→ We never have complete control or knowledge

These appear in traditions like:
• Buddhism
• Stoicism
• existential philosophy

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  1. Experiential truths

These are not logical, but universally lived:
• Humans experience:
• suffering
• desire
• attachment
• loss

Different philosophies interpret them differently, but they always exist.

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  1. Moral “truths” (more debated)

Some claim universal moral truths, like:
• fairness matters
• unnecessary suffering is bad

But these are controversial—not everyone agrees they are truly universal.

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  1. A deeper philosophical answer

Some thinkers argue:

👉 The only real “unchanging truth” is that
there is no fixed, permanent state in reality

This is close to:
• Buddhist thought (impermanence)
• Heraclitus → “Everything flows”

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