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Sid Davis's avatar

This essay was full of great insights! At the start of my journey toward truth, I came to realize that many people would rather have confidence than truth. Confidence is much like hypocrisy, in that it is what vice pays to virtue. The hypocrite acknowledges the value of virtue by seeking its appearance, without its essence.

I tend to see my faith more as means of giving me the correct set of questions, rather than a correct set of answers. Although, I find some very compelling answers in it as well.

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Connor Smith's avatar

> If I had to pick one out of “truth” and “goodness,” I’d pick the latter. But I find that reaching for the good inevitably pulls the truth back in

This really resonated with me. I don’t know enough to say confidently, but it sounds similar to what I’ve heard from (Neo)Platonists about the Platonic transcendentals, ie truth, beauty, and goodness are unified in the Good.

I’m uncomfortable with taking this literally/metaphysically, though I admit it might be because I haven’t really understood the idea. But at a personal (mystical) level, I’ve had similar experiences of one of these qualities pulling another back in

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