Truth and truth.

But above all things, truth beareth

away the victory.
Truth and truth.
When old age shall this generation waste,
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst,
Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
Keats Ode on a Grecian Urn
Truth and truth.
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
Youd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
So low for long, they never right themselves:
You may see their trunks arching in the woods
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry I the sun.
But I was going to say when Truth broke in
With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm
Frost Birches
Truth and truth.
Poetry: according to Plato is far removed from truth.
springs from improper knowledge
lack of understanding of how to use and make what it
describes
product of an inferior part of the soul
harms the soul by nourishing the passions
passions ought to be controlled and disciplined
David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature
Truth and truth.
Poetry: according to Plato is far removed from truth.
Any defense of poetry against Plato would have to
tackle first the epistemological argument, that
poetry is inferior because it is an imitation of an
imitation, proceed to show that the poetic gift
derives from a uniquely significant human faculty,
and finally demonstrate that if poetry arouses
passion it is only in order in the long run to allay it
or discipline it.
David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature
Truth and truth.
Poetry: according to Plato is far removed from truth.

Plato acknowledges an, ancient quarrel between
philosophy and poetry.
an activity is suspect if it cannot be related to an
obvious pragmatic goal
argues that literature is false, trivial, and harmful


David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature
Truth and truth.
Poetry: and literature by extension, according to Aristotle can be true,
serious and useful.

Aristotle observes measurable phenomena and notes
the qualities and characteristics of literature.
through a thorough and exhaustive cataloguing of the
aspects of each form of literature: epic, tragedy, comedy,
plot, character, diction, hamartia, catharsis
argues that literature is mimetic toward truth, which
can be taken seriously and can be useful
David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature
Truth and truth.
Poetry: and literature by extension, according to Aristotle can be true,
serious and useful.

Aristotle observes measurable phenomena and notes
the qualities and characteristics of literature.
through a thorough and exhaustive cataloguing of the
aspects of each form of literature: epic, tragedy, comedy,
plot, character, diction, hamartia, catharsis
argues that literature is mimetic toward truth, which
can be taken seriously and can be useful
David Daiches Critical Approaches to Literature
Truth and truth.
a priori
from the latin for from the former

derived by logic without observed facts

theoretical
hypothetical
analytic
deductive





Truth and truth.
a posteriori
from the latin for from the later

facts or particulars toward general principles
or from effects to causes

inductive
empirical
knowable from experience
justified by experience





Truth and truth.
Truth = a priori
truth = a posteriori

Judgments that we make about truth usually follow from our
experiences. This is inductive. We use examples of observable
things to make our point.

Judgments we make about Truth must be deduced from theory.
Platonic absolute Truth is a hypothetical statement based on logic.
This is where we get the tradition of defining terms at the beginning
of an argument.
It can also be similar to the, because I said so line of reasoning
used by so many in authority