Devil's Definition of "Truth"

TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

Notes:

The search for which is an occupation that will exist with increasing activity to the end of time.

Folksonomies: truth

Taxonomies:
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/science (0.168739)
/science/social science/philosophy (0.136164)

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Concepts:
Ontology (0.972079): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Psychology (0.902823): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Metaphysics (0.881214): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Existence (0.864446): dbpedia | freebase
Reality (0.839019): dbpedia | freebase
Concepts in metaphysics (0.817376): dbpedia
Reason (0.762964): dbpedia | freebase
Mind (0.757567): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc

 The Devil's Dictionary
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Bierce , Ambrose (2002-01-03), The Devil's Dictionary, Univ of Georgia Pr, Retrieved on 2012-01-14
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