Definition of Truth

Definition of Truth

Truth is an abstract concept of difficult definition. The term comes from the Latin veritas and is associated with the conformity of what is said with what one thinks or feels . For example: if a person plans to sell their house and, when asked, responds "I would never sell my house" , is not telling the truth (and, therefore, is lying, which is the opposite of the truth).

The truth is also the conformity of things with the concept that is formed in the mind about them: "It is true, the road is in a bad state" , "What we supposed turned out to be true: the owner of the company plans to declare in bankruptcy . "

Another way of understanding the truth is like the judgment that can not be denied rationally . If someone says "This table weighs five kilograms" and, after weighing it, confirms that weight in the balance, no one can say that the statement was not true.

In this sense we would have to emphasize that it is spoken of what is known as truth of truism or truism. In colloquial language use is made of that expression that comes to refer to all that truth that is well known and that, therefore, it is considered foolish to have to say it.

A clear example of this aforementioned meaning would be the following sentence: "In his oral presentation to the class the student said a truth of truism: we all ended up dying".

There are also other very common expressions that also make use of the concept we are analyzing. This would be the case of "truth as fists", which is used to refer to that which is evident.

In the same way is the phrase "a truth like a temple". In this case, it is frequently used to refer to that which is absolutely evident and which, therefore, can not be refuted in any way.

The real existence of something is also associated with the truth: "Is that dog really?" , "I want to buy a real drum kit, I got bored of rehearsing with buckets and buckets" . If the dog or the battery are not real, it does not mean that they do not exist, but it is something different from what one imagines as a dog or a real drummer (it could be a toy dog ​​and an improvised battery with other elements).

In addition to the above, we can not ignore the use of the term that concerns us in areas such as cinema. Thus, for example, we find films such as "The two faces of truth". In the year 1996 was when it was released, directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere and Eduard Norton.

In it we are told how a lawyer carries out the defense of a young man who has been arrested for killing an archbishop who, presumably, sexually abused him and his companions.

The truths, finally, are clear expressions with which someone is reprimanded or corrected : "I am going to tell you a great truth: no one with your attitude can go too far in life" .