When a person is told something is the “truth” the definition of truth may vary from

person to person; however, it is generally something that a person believes. What is the nature of

this “truth”? How do us people know when something is the truth? These questions will be

answered in this paper using two different approaches and how I interpreted them. In this paper I

will describe what truth is and how it is attained by using two different sections of my reference,

then I will combine them into what I think truth is as a whole.

Nevertheless, truth is considered to be absolute, and therefore, it is never right to do wrong. Truth

is the purity that differentiates between right and wrong. “Absolute Truth” is true regardless of

what we believe and think. Absolute truth stands on its own. In the sense, absolute truth is

absolutely true no matter what evidence there is for it. Truth is what corresponds to the facts. Truth

does not change just because we learn something about it. Also, truth is not always good to say. If

the objective of telling the truth is to hurt someone, then it is considered to be inferior to a most

terrible lie. For that reason, while speaking the truth we should keep in mind that it doesn't hurt

someone else’s feelings or relations. The problem we face is that we feel the urge to tell the truth

when we see it. But, we should try to accomplish this without disapproving condemnations that

hurt others. So when we freely express harsh judgment of another, we are in fact talking about

those negative qualities of ourselves that trouble us the most.

Besides, truth is a state of mind free of error, a state of mind which is an accurate

reflection of things in existence, of the things about you. The first thing to know about truth is

that it is unchangeable; it is ageless and constant. Truth does not vary or shift; it is a piece of

unalterable reality. It follows, therefore, that truth is the same for all of us, and thus, one should

be repelled by the expression that "what is true for you is not true for me."
 On the other hand, the other thing to know about truth is that the discovery of truth serves

a purpose. To determine the true state of affairs of your physical surroundings is essential to a

person's life; to take a simple example, it is important for one to know what is immediately ahead

when walking about, a nasty fall can lead to the hospital, or worse. Some of our "higher" mental

concepts, if wrong, can lead us, equally as well, to an unhealthy state. It was Herbert Spencer

(2020), the English evolutionary philosopher who said, "Ethical truth is as exact and peremptory

as physical truth." (A number of our scientific concepts are true, and the proof is to be had by

beholding the modern technical world; so, too it can be said that a number of our ethical or moral

concepts, are not true, and the proof, likewise, is to be had by beholding the starvation and

misery existing in today's world.)