Truth in Management and Power Relationships

Money— sweeter than honey but oh so destructive. It facilitates a man’s life, while a lack of it imprisons him in the streets of penury. It raises his social status, while an absence of it leaves him unnoticed. It gives him an aura of superiority and importance among others, while a deficiency of it makes him worthless in society’s eyes. Considering these two roads, most do not take more than a second to decide to chase riches.

Dictionaries have changed immensely over time. If we look at just one word in the dictionary to see the different definitions from 3 different time periods, you see just how it has evolved. The word truth had 13 different definitions in 1828, but if you look at the same word in 1913, it has 2. In 1828, some definitions are: correct opinion, exactness, and conformity of fact or reality. Then in 1913, you see the same definition, conformity to fact or reality, but you also see: to assert as true; to declare. Then when we get to the modern dictionary, the definitions include: the real facts about something,and a statement or idea accepted as true. It seems to me that in 1828 if you think it's correct, it's true. In 1913 it seems that if you

Over the course of history there have been several attempts at defining what it means to be the ideal person, and by extension how to create an ideal society. In doing so, several characteristics are generally defined, some of which are courage, moderation and self control. The concept of courage has been fluid in its meaning but has been highly valued across ancient Greece. In this paper I will be observing two societies and the ideals that they hold for generating better people, as well as what values they would want to instil. One city is theoretical, and one real: Kallipolis, Socrates’ economic city, the city that would essentially be the opposite of Athens if it were established, and Sparta.

In his book, “Money and Class in America,” Lewis Lapham states, “The ardor of the American faith in money easily surpasses the intensity achieved by other societies in other times and places.” This notion is the reoccurring theme in Lapham’s book. America is so taken with the idea that without money your achievements do not mean as much as they would if they came with a large sum of cash. We as a society value money over more important qualities such as knowledge or integrity.

What do you believe truth is? There probably are a few different definitions of truth. I consider truth being honesty and facts. “I don’t care about truth. I want some happiness.” said Fitzgerald’s version of truth. Hansberry says, “Perhaps I will be a great man… I mean perhaps I will hold on to the substance of the truth and find my way always with the right course.” O’Brien’s truth is, “I want you to know what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.” These three have some decent definitions, but truth itself doesn't really have just one right definition, it's more open-ended.

A man once told me that there is no truth in this world. All the ideas such as Math, Science, Language, and even society is all made up. That the only reason two plus two equals four is based solely off of one man saying it does, and society agreeing with it blindly. But I tell you that there is no such thing as truth, but that itself is a truth.

In the book, The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason shares with the world valuable information on how to become successful in a capitalistic society. Clason achieves this by using stories of citizens in the most successful city at the time: Babylon. There are multiple interesting and important stories that provide examples of what and what not to do in terms of becoming wealthy. These stories are split up into chapters which explain important ideas such as the “Seven Cures for a Lean Purse”, luck and opportunity, the “Five Laws of Gold”, debt, and other key points. Through the stories told I was able to grasp on how I should live if I want to become successful and therefore I am determined to apply these ideas to my own life.

The makers of wealth in Athens seem to involve three types of people in society. The first of these people would be the mechanics. Aristotle states that the goods that these people supply are very necessary. The city would not exist without these arts. The second of these people would be the traders. These people are bringing in different elements of culture that become useful and create more efficiency to society based on what the city may be lacking. Not only do I think that these people are trading goods, but I also think that they are trading information to help better a society with virtues and rights. Lastly, the husbandmen play a key role of wealth to the society, but not in the means of money. These people are creating food

In addition to power established because of organizational hierarchy or role, power is also established based on the level of influence or status one holds in an organization (Anichich, Fast, Halevy, Galinsky, 2016). “Status is the outcome of an evaluation of attributes that produce differences in respect and prominence” (Ketner et al, 2003 p. 266) They co-exists but are not co-dependent on each other. It’s possible to have status without power and power without status (Ketner et al, 2003). Whether one’s control comes through status or positional power, lauding control or significant influence over another inevitably leads to conflict.

The origin of the word “truth” is Alethia,it literally means to “un-hide” it comes from Greek. When trying to define what truth is it’s easier to define what is not first. The truth does hurt, it’s not there to always make people feel good “To those involved in this dying world, Satan will come with evil’s undiluted power to deceive, for they have refused the truth which could have saved them. … They see truth as a lie, and the lie as the truth. They accept the lies of the devil.”(Billy Graham) The will not cuddle a person sometimes it can make someone go though some of the hardest times of their life. It is not what is comprehensible by most. Truth is merely telling it like it is even if it does hurt. When something corresponds with the way life it is true. Truth corresponds with reality or “what is”

Although wealth and financial stability typically isn’t characteristic of eminent personalities the particular way Athenians viewed wealth may have actually been a contribution rather than a detriment to intellectual creativity. To begin with there was already and impressive degree of social and economic equality among the people, they ate the same food, wore the same clothes and participated in the same recreational activities. Even the slaves enjoyed this commonality as is evidenced by one “oligarchs’” complaint of his inability to tell them apart from citizens. Wealth was

The first issue is what actually is truth? There are many things that we perceive to be true, depending on perspective or our beliefs, which differ from one person to the next, known as

What one can take away from both the implicit and explicit criticisms given by Xenophon and Aristotle is that political life is incredibly messy and problematic and, moreover, the best regime, the telos of political life, may not be unattainable. Both works indicate that virtue must be a main component of the regime, yet it appears human beings have difficulty remaining virtuous in the face of 1) material wealth and 2) the allure of

The quality of being true is related to something clear, without any uncertainty. This is perfectly summarized by the Greek word for truth is ἀλήθεια (alétheia), from the privative prefix ἀ- (a-), meaning 'not', and -λήθε (-lethe), 'oblivion', which, as Martin Heidegger (2001) explained by analysing its etymology, refers to "the state of not being hidden". Truth is a cross issue, that embraces everything related to humans, from the most ordinary aspect of daily life, to the most deep religious thought. The need to find what is true is part of the human nature, but as the German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1965) stated, that same nature, which gave us the need of knowledge, at the same time bound us to subjectivity, limiting our understanding to judgement and interpretation, thus, truth can only be obtained gradually, through a never ending task. This process of understanding finds its ancient roots in Greece, in the VII-VI century B.C., when philosophy was born and the slow loss of universal certainties has started. The very first interest of philosophers was that to define the concept of Being, a wide notion that embraces objective and subjective features of reality. Throughout the philosophy of truth, objectivism and subjectivism lead to the development of the two major approaches to reality, Relativism and Universalism.

The goal of any philosopher is to find what “truth” is. Truth is undeniable, and can be relied upon in any circumstance, especially in the one thing that has real meaning life. Truth is essential to understanding the world. All knowledge is based upon truth. The Idea of truth is first and for most a conviction of the mind. The mind has an inclination to view something to be true, false; we are convicted to believe one or the other. For example, if one were holding a model car that appears to be red, you can be convinced it is red; you can also be convinced it is red, dark red, pink, or even burgundy. One’s mind can perceive the car in different ways; it is just the inclination of the mind. Another component of truth is the property of