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What does it mean?
Gandhi asserts that truth is absolute and equates it with God.
In plain terms
Truth is absolute and therefore God.
What can you take from it?
Absolute truth is the divine.

Where it applies

  • spiritual philosophy
  • belief

Putting it to work

  • equating truth with god

Questions to consider

  • What is the relationship between truth and God?

Another view

The statement relies on a specific theological definition of truth.

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