Truth is what stands the test of experience.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Truth is determined by whether it survives real-world testing and experience.
- In plain terms
- Something is true if it works when you try it.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience validates truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you test your beliefs?
- What experiences changed your view of truth?
Another view
Some truths like mathematical axioms do not require physical experience to be valid.
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Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
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