Absolute Truth

Religion claims to be

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Religion claims to be in possession of an absolute truth; but its history is a history of errors and heresies. It gives us the promise and prospect of a transcendent world – far beyond the limits of our human experience – and it remains human, all too human. Ernst Cassirer

To think out a

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To think out a problem is not unlike drawing a caricature. You have to exaggerate the salient point and leave out that which is not typical. To illustrate a principle , says Bagehot , you must exaggerate much and you must omit much. As to the quantity of absolute truth in a thought : it … Read more

All mass movements strive,

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All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his … Read more

It\\’s difficult, if not

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It’s difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what’s truly happening – if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It’s a severe and awesome truth Elia Kazan

If we examine a

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If we examine a work of ordinary art, by means of a powerful microscope, all traces of resemblance to nature will disappear – but the closest scrutiny of the photogenic drawing discloses only a more absolute truth, a more perfect identity of aspect with the thing represented. Edgar Allan Poe