Quid est veritas? Veritas veritas est?

Posted on October 30, 2008 by elliotbee

Is Truth True?
Elliot Bougis
When I proposed (in appallingly feeble Latin) a motto, which was revised by my Latinate superiors thus: Potest veritas se defendere (Truth can defend itself), someone brought up Pilate’s question to Christ, “Quid est veritas? What is truth?” and asked me for some help in responding to arguments against truth in favor [...]

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Are Non-Catholics Blind?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by apoloniolatariii

Alvin Plantinga has argued that Christian beliefs such as the existence of God, incarnation, etc. can be warranted in a properly basic way. Those who do not believe in the existence of God have some kind of impairment in their cognitive faculties which is a result of original sin. In other words, there is something [...]

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