?In response to posts on "truth finding" Rick Froman cited Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth and added "Standard disclaimers apply."
You can recognize when the experts have got involved when you read on that webpage more than you ever needed to know about the etymology of the words "truth" and "true": The English word truth is from Old English tríewþ, tréowþ, trýwþ, Middle English trewþe, cognate to Old High German triuwida, Old Norse tryggð. Like troth, it is a -th nominalisation of the adjective true (Old English tréowe). The English word true is from Old English (West Saxon) (ge)tríewe, tréowe, cognate to Old Saxon (gi)trûui, Old High German (ga)triuwu (Modern German treu "faithful"), Old Norse tryggr, Gothic triggws,[2] all from a Proto-Germanic *trewwj- "having good faith". Old Norse trú, "faith, word of honour; religious faith, belief"[3] (archaic English troth "loyalty, honesty, good faith", compare Ásatrú). Has anyone anything more to add? :-) Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RE: [tips] When Did Having A Conversation Becomae A Substitute For Truth Finding? Rick Froman Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:03:46 -0800 One problem might be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth Standard disclaimers apply. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1207 or send a blank email to leave-1207-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
