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Snith comfet ^ in the tt ^ eeme ^ t of the sign Wftli * the ^ ing mgfii&ed . iier&it is ojttmfes % utat / j ^ iM is bpjiosed to « f *^ sfc ^ ti ^ fc 6 erroneous . > is
BartS ^ c another epplication of the wof # truth , itt which it is used as the oppO&ite of feisehood or intentional deceit , ftsct where true and false are contrary tefiw » . For instance , suppose a p ^ tfstm , in order to sell his eooda to advantage , should declare
that they were iff good condition hi every respect , at the same time knowing them to be damaged , would not the buyer , on discovering the fraud , have a right to tell bite that iiis * deela ** ation was false , or that he had told him a falsehood : while , on the other
hand , had he iold them as damaged goods , would we not immediately say that be had honestly told the truth respecting them t In this case words are the - sigas * and the thoughts or opinions of the speaker are things £ ignfc&ed . And here aga&i , ms , in the two former cases , truth consists in
the agreement of the wign : with the tbihg signified . These examples will , I trust , be sufficient to illustrate the original signification of the Wotitk truth , and to
authorise me , with Air . Wo Has ton ; to gi # e * hefeftlovrfetg ¦<• .. * definition . TarjTH is the agreement of * the sign with the' thing signified . —
I wooed not , however , be understood to fiay that this , though its orig inal signification , is the only sense in which the word truth either is or ought to be used , iiike m any other words , it has ^ iA common lan guage , acquired a variety - of siffnificStion ^ ,
most of wteb , hewever , bear some relation ^ to h » orlg ^ Etai m ^ anirig . Thus it i ^ fir ^ qii 0 nti 3 P : ilB ^ d ^ t 0 fs ^ gfin ^ purity from fal ^ hood ^ it- is iBometimeg used as syfiotiyiKious wffi % oorrectness , exactuedS / ftie 4 ityv consiaucj , . horiesty virtue . SMUoeritqr a » d p € i » tiaoir a few
otheTB ^ U ^ Imi ^ m ^ to sigtrify ^ irtmthg to- all ^ owtedge , hi whfeh Wil ^ it fa ^ videiitty ^ at > te - by t ^ ati ; 4 > ttt th ^ mpe ^^ 1 ^^ ^ a imto ^ i ^ iiticNiof ' fbife ^ ot& * . ' ¦ ' ^ ^^ ¦ - fW ^ T tli ^ abo ^^ defi ^ eu h >« < itaai ^ elf , > 5 t ^ Wmdd Ijtosup that idl i * tira » ^ fettt w « i ; j ^^ WN& ^ d ^ tfHM ^ A ^ Sl kMk «« ^^ ta ^ v l ^ tJRtiii * - .-i rj * li '' , wl - . « . * -- ¦ f . - ¦*¦ . r . i «' if ^> JftiL . ' ' » ai ^_ s , »»¦ > .. *< imtflfci < £ UNHmtR ^^ SBh ^ K ^ HMkjAflWlHynMnLlBHRHKaHLta ^ BIHUv ^ MHIi ^^ B
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^ hno ^ ir thftu ^ bt ^ ana whose ilka&iilil&J o ^ # Be
things . But th& ( fivisicm h ^ rhig bete fbiind too ge&eral ^ mai ^ ilid &atve ^ therefore , proceeded to a ^ fitrtlfcer subdivision ; . which lias mostly ^ if not entirety , taken place in the latter of these two ^ kula «» " Indeedi * &is
subdivision could Bcareeiy be Avoided , finr the things themselves , to which due truths in this class relate , are so very different , that \ vboever wished to speaK or wiite with any degTee df precision ^ found it absolutely twecessary to point out what kind of things he alluded to .
The three following- appear to be the moat important of . these subdivisions , viz . such truths as relate to things which have a real existeace , as a stoiic ^ the sun , man . the Supmne
Being , &c \ ; such as relate to things that exist but ? ia the imagination , as a mathematical point , line , triangle * circle , &c , or cords perfectly flexible * beams without weight , planes com pletely smooth , &c . ; and such 3 d relate to the connexions of relatior »
which subsist among various obje ^ t # , as , for example , the relations wtqch subsist between man and roan * between &ran and tbe inferioir animalB * between man and Mis Maker , between cause and effect , &c . From what had been said k fa quite clear that M' hav « vario ^ is kinds of truths , as verbal
truths ^ physical tnfths liiathematieal trutluft , metar ^ iyvical truths , inoral truths , religious truths , & ^> -Now , as our ^ sssent t < 4 these difierfnt kinds of truthfe rests on very cHjfferent fotlftdations , it will be prbprer to examine them uaore f » inuterylst . @ ¥ vernal truths . As verbal
truth consists in 'the agreement of our words with oar thoughts , ev&tf < ea § # wherein this agreemtmt tokea jptecfe , and where out thougjits <^ opipfi #£ & are > the- only ^ thhiiifs' nl < faired wter . ^ fe
therefore a yeirbaltrUtb . ' Thus * te wittiest v ^ Oy % t&t cOt ^ r % T Of JdfitScfe * t"Wto asked Wh ^^ ej ^ lie ^ b ^ ite ^ M ^ l ]^ ^ i 4 ibn 6 r to be en * 6 n ^ riiia < i ^« fi *^ 0 ^ h ^ thrit ? te di * , ««> k ^ t he ^ uth ; if be really ^ hri ^< ' 6 rij ^ kmfa « # fft ^ lb ^ t i ^^ S ; fr ^ X ^ t ^ eS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 213, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/21/
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