hat attaching the claim "it is true that" to a sentence adds no meaning. The use of the word true is essential when making a general claim about everything, nothing, or something, as in the statement "most of what he says is true." Rousseau believes that truths only come out in social situations. He developed a political system so that these truths will come out. I guess if we do not understand something we just change it so that it fits what it is that you believe. Isn't that the opposite of truth? If we devise a new system so that we can develop new truths than we are rejecting the truths that are already in place. Aristotle would have us believe that truth exists within the combination of ideas. The same would go for falsity. Truth or falsehood cannot exist when the ideas are isolated. So according to Aristotle there are only a handful of truths in the universe. The rest are just relative depending upon the context in which you use them. When I think of simple truths I think of the book "All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." Everything was so simple when we were young. Right from wrong was always inherent and if we were ever questioned for something, we usually knew we were wrong before the teacher questioned us. The older we are the more complicated everything gets. That is why God refers to children when he tells people to come to him. They are so humble and can tell right from wrong, generally speaking. Lets break down the philosophers from complex to very simple notions, in terms of truth. Locke believes there are no truths because there are no innate ideas. Hobbes believes that words are arbitrary and because words create truth, truth is arbitrary. This can be explained by saying a set of words is true when it expresses a true thought. Rene Descartes, once said, "I am, [therefore] I exist." This statement contains the only truth found for certain in our "natural" experience that, as conscious beings, we exist. Whether ...
