
“Fact creates norms, and truth illumination.”
Minnesota declaration (1999)
“Fact creates norms, and truth illumination.”
Minnesota declaration (1999)
Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970)
“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
“If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.”
Acceptance Speech for the Margaret Edwards Award (1998)
“Belief creates the actual fact.”
“The soul active sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates.”
1830s, The American Scholar http://www.emersoncentral.com/amscholar.htm (1837)
Il y a aussi deux sortes de vérités, celles de Raisonnement et celle de Fait. Les vérités de Raisonnement sont nécessaires et leur opposé est impossible, et celles de Fait sont contingentes et leur opposé est possible.
La monadologie (33).
The Monadology (1714)