The most important truth which has ever been uttered, and the greatest discovery ever made in the moral world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker calls something the greatest truth but does not name it.
- In plain terms
- This is the most important truth ever said.
- What can you take from it?
- Some truths matter most without explanation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the greatest truth?
- How do we know it?
Another view
Without context, the claim is vague.
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