Sojourner Truth once remarked, in reply to an allusion to the late Horace Greeley, "You call him a self-made man; well, I am a self-made woman” (Gilbert, v). This quote digs deeper into the leadership of what Sojourner Truth’s journey was all about. Truth’s greatest commitments for women’s suffrage stood alongside of her remark to Greely. No woman was just to be a housewife or a slave to her own family, but to be able to enjoy the world as men did. Sojourner Truth was an important figure in American…

the “truth” the definition of truth may vary from person to person; however, it is generally something that a person believes. What is the nature of this “truth”? How do us people know when something is the truth? These questions will be answered in this paper using two different approaches and how I interpreted them. In this paper I will describe what truth is and how it is attained by using two different sections of my reference, then I will combine them into what I think truth is as a whole. “The…

book nothing but the truth by Avi, you know that there are many sides you can take. It seems every time you turn a page you can form a new opinion. With every opinion you can form new points of view and sides. One of the main points of view is Ms. Narwin’s. My reasons for taking Ms. Narwin’s side are one, Ms. Narwin meant nothing against patriotism by sending Philip out of the class, two, Philip isn’t doing anything in the sake of Patriotism, three, Philip is a liar who gets around the truth, four…

Cholesterol and Fats: The Whole Truth Are all fats bad? That is what many people think. When trying to lose weight, or become healthier, dieters think they need to eliminate all fat from their diets. This is not correct, there are good fats and bad fats, and the body needs the good ones to function properly. Then, there is cholesterol, it is hard to keep which type is good and which type is bad straight. Actually, they are both good, if they are maintained at the correct, healthy levels. A person…

Merriam-Webster defines truth as “the property of being in accord with fact or reality.” With one universe, which follows a definite set of laws, only one reality exists. Therefore, with one reality, only one, absolute truth exists. In recent years, with “social progress,” truth has been under attack. Many are not willing to accept the truth as it is, as they view absolute fact as offensive and emotionally damaging. People are told that truth is relative; they are encouraged to tailor the truth to their opinions…

for the thousands of people that enslaved in America. Sojourner Truth was both of these things and worked her entire life to get the rights she deserved. Though she never lived to get all of her rights, she was an influential figure in working towards these rights. Sojourner Truth was one of the most famous orators of her time, speaking out against slavery and inequality to anyone who would listen. Being born into slavery, Sojourner Truth witnessed many injustices and, as a result, worked her entire…

The search for “truth” has long been a topic of thought provoking, philosophical deliberations, reasoning and understanding. The journey to define truth, undoubtedly, has been an interesting one for scholars and philosophers. My first attempt at responding to this week’s question, regarding what level of truth is necessary in advertising, took me by surprise. Initially, I anticipated that this would be a simple question to answer, as my view of truth (using the Virtue Ethic lens) focuses on the…

Truth Over Fact Truth is in the eye of the beholder. Truth and fact seem like equals. Isn’t the truth a fact, no the truth and facts can be complete opposites but still equally important. Truths are what we believe, while facts can be proven. Both truths and facts play important roles in our lives, but truths shape who we are. Facts may change how we do something, but cannot change who we are the way the truth can. Truths change how we approach our lives more than facts ever could. When the…

place their hand on the bible and swear to “promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”, but if asked what do the scripture that they just say about truth most wouldn’t be able to answer without pause. Can we as a society really say we know what truth is? The postmodernist thinking would have us to believe that there is no absolute moral truth, that truth is essentially political and that religious truth claims are created by belief communities, not by reason or observation…

What is Truth? What is truth? Simply, it is knowing that something is right or wrong. But is it really that easy? The answer is as no. The problem with truth is it has a long history and has been a central issue in epistemology. In the first century, Jesus Christ was on trial, and in the gospel of John, chapter 18:38 Pontius Pilate asked Jesus Christ: ‘And What is Truth’? Ever since then, many philosophers have attempted to answer the question. According to Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy…