If so, you must be special.
2007-12-19 06:01:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No, & trying to prove it is the Truth to someone who does not want to accept it is a waste of energy.
2007-12-21 12:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Were you ever on trial? Anyone who's ever seen a courtroom, at least on TV, knows that the truth of things must often be defended. If a prosecutor says, "You were enraged, and you attacked him, didn't you?" when you weren't even there must hear you defend your truth. If you don't, the truth will still exist in some philosophical sense, but that won't matter much to you as you sit around in prison thinking it over.
Whoever said that the truth didn't need your defense was an optimist, faithful that the truth of things would be strong enough to shine through (eventually). I'm more of a realist and see that human beings are fallible creatures quite able to miss the mark on what's true or not.
2007-12-19 14:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? I must be special? Is that put down? A jibe? For what purpose? To be stupid and cruel and illogical?
All truths require defense when withholding that defense can cost the innocence, or the life, of a person or a civilization, but only when such defence does not do harm to others. Such a defence could do harm to others, as when "witches" were defended--those defended were then assumed guilty or they would not have needed a defence! What stupid and arrogant logic that took.
And if I read you correctly, your second sentence is also arrogant--and uncalled for in a philosophical argument.
2007-12-19 14:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The truth requires no defense. What matters most is that you know that you are being truthful, why take on others inability to believe. For justifying the truth is taking on others inability to trust and believe.
2007-12-19 14:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There are no absolute truths, only what you accept to be truth. Your truth can be alone in a crowd of other people's truths, it is only if you have a need to defend the truth, to prove yours may be better than theirs is defense required.
2007-12-19 23:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by Drillprp 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never, I speak the truth and if others dont like it then maybe I'd defend it.
But surely people should be happy or at least face what is the truth?
Right?
Alex.
2007-12-19 14:05:00 · answer #6 · answered by Master Ingamells. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because I may be defending a lie, while the man is attacking with truth
2007-12-19 14:08:46 · answer #7 · answered by jiahua448 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't defend Truth to protect IT. I defend it to protect YOU. Anyone who gets in a fight with Truth loses... sometimes horribly.
2007-12-19 14:53:12 · answer #8 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the Truth? Your truth?, your friend's truth?, my truth? ... I think my truth is best, should I defend it?
2007-12-19 14:07:33 · answer #9 · answered by Steve S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
but many people do like to talk about the truth and what it means to them
2007-12-19 14:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋