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  1. Harry G. Frankfurt _ On Truth

    We cannot think of ourselves as creatures whose rationality endows us with an especially significant advantage over others-indeed, we cannot think of ourselves as rational creatures at all-unless we think of ourselves as creatures who recognize that facts, and true statements about the facts, are indispensable in providing us with reasons for believing {or for not believing} various things and for taking {or for not taking} various actions. If we have no respect for the distinction between true and false, we may as well kiss our much-vaunted "rationality" good-bye."
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  2. Harry G. Frankfurt _ On Truth

    Civilizations... cannot flourish if they are beset with troublesome infections of beliefs.
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  3. Harry G. Frankfurt _ On Truth

    To establish and to sustain an advanced culture, we need to avoid being debilitated either by error or by ignorance. We need to know-and, of course, we must also understand how to make productive use of-a great many truths.
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  4. Harry G. Frankfurt _ On Truth

    Is truth something that in fact we do-and should-especially care about? Or is the love of truth, as professed by so many distinguished thinkers and writers, itself merely another example of ?
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