There are special forms of truth.
There is the truth that is reported by a newspaper – a resource that does not always represent honesty. There is the truth that is uttered by a small child who has not yet distinguished between right and wrong. And there is the truth uttered by somebody who has done something wrong or committed a crime and who tells himself over and over again that it can't possibly be true and then he utters that "new" truth.
Truth can even be recreated and history can be rewritten.
All of forms of truth were perpetrated as the need arises, but they do not necessarily reflect reality.
That's right. Truth does not necessarily have to reflect reality. Truth can be a way of understanding issues based upon an individual's limited point of view.
A student who cheats or copies a correct answer presents his version of the truth. The answer that he writes is probably true, but the way in which it was obtained does not reflect the truth. It does not reflect honesty.
That's right. Truth does not necessarily reflect honesty.
Strange, isn't it? Truth is a category which is real but it does not reflect reality. It is honest but it does not reflect honesty.
Strange, indeed, this concept of Truth.
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