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truth unspecified sense

concept · 10 mentions

The concept of truth, treated as an abstract ideal that the author pursues

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The concepts, people, and places this entity is most linked to by claims — node size is mention count, colour is type, dashed nodes are other senses of the same word.

truthiron arm of might — 1 shared claimcomprehension of opposites — 1 shared claimcoffee — 1 shared claimiron arm of mightcomprehension of op…coffee
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Claims grouped by the voice that makes them.

J. Ewing Ritchie (author)

  • truth is stronger than iron arm of might ⟨in reason and revelation⟩
    assertspositivesource: sugar-pg52820
    truth—mere truth—simple and alone, is stronger than the iron arm of might
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The author explicitly writes that 'truth—mere truth—simple and alone, is stronger than the iron arm of might,' which exactly matches the subject-predicate-object relationship claimed.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.85 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote is accurate and verbatim. However, there is one minor qualifier issue: the context should reflect that this principle is presented as something 'reason and revelation alike teach' rather than being restricted to 'in reason and revelation' as a limiting context. The passage presents this as a universal teaching of both reason and revelation, not as truth being stronger only within that domain. The viewpoint, stance, sentiment, and time qualifiers are all correct.

Kakuzo Okakura (author)

  • Truth can be reached through comprehension of opposites
    assertsneutralsource: okakura-book-of-tea
    Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage with the exact quote provided: 'Truth can be reached only through the comprehension of opposites.' This sentence appears verbatim in the text as part of the discussion of Zennism's approach to truth.
    • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage itself makes this statement as a general principle about Zennism). The stance is correctly marked as 'asserts' since the passage presents this as a direct claim. The sentiment is neutral, matching the objective, declarative tone. The time qualifiers are all null, which is appropriate since the passage provides no temporal restrictions. The context is empty, which is correct as the passage does not restrict this claim to a particular sense or role. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim.

William H. Ukers (author)

  • coffee enables one to know truth
    assertspositivesource: coffee-pg28500
    he who sips thy fragrant cup can only know the truth
    judge verdicts (2)
    • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'And he who sips thy fragrant cup can only know the truth.' This is an exact match to the subject-predicate-object relationship claimed, with no rewording or generalization needed.
    • qualifier_fidelity 0.80 pass — The claim is mostly faithful. The quote is verbatim and supports the predicate. However, the viewpoint qualifier is imprecise: the passage is a 'Translation from the Arabic,' indicating the statement comes from an unnamed Arabic source, not the translator/author who presents it. The claim should use 'source: Arabic' or similar rather than 'author' to accurately reflect the attribution. Stance (asserts) and sentiment (positive) are correct; time and context qualifiers are appropriately empty/null.