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Literary notes about Truth (AI summary)

In literature, "truth" emerges as a multifaceted theme that oscillates between an abstract ideal and a concrete demand. Philosophers such as Schopenhauer ([1]) and Pascal ([2]) treat truth as an elusive, transcendental reality that guides human understanding beyond mere factual knowledge, while writers like Nietzsche ([3]) and Emerson ([4]) use it to ground moral and social commitments. In narrative and dialogue, truth often functions as a call for authenticity and integrity—characters are implored to "tell the truth" in moments of both personal crisis and social judgment ([5], [6], [7]). Additionally, historical and religious texts ([8], [9]) use truth as a hallmark of fidelity and covenant, reinforcing its role as an enduring benchmark for justice and trust in human relationships.
  1. Or is it believed that somehow, with such effort and such a turmoil, the truth, at which it by no means aims, will also be brought to light?
    — from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer
  2. I would then lead man to the desire of finding truth; to be free from passions, and ready to follow it where he may find it,
    — from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
  3. Let this be the significance and the truth of thy marriage.
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  4. Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
    — from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  5. He grieved me to the heart by bidding me tell him the whole truth; he even bade me give my word of honour that I was speaking the truth.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  6. Thus,— John, tell me the truth.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge
  7. Let us try, Watson, you and I, if we can get behind the lie and reconstruct the truth.
    — from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
  8. All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  9. 23 The foundation of justice, moreover, is good faith—that is, truth and fidelity to promises and agreements.
    — from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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