Aletheia (mythology)
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The word Aletheia is the Greek and Ancient Greek word for truth. Parmenides
, among other Greek philosophers, used the term to personify truth. Aletheia was known to the Romans
as Veritas
.
Parmenides
Parmenides of Elea was an ancient Greek philosopher born in Elea, a Greek city on the southern coast of Italy. He was the founder of the Eleatic school of philosophy. The single known work of Parmenides is a poem, On Nature, which has survived only in fragmentary form. In this poem, Parmenides...
, among other Greek philosophers, used the term to personify truth. Aletheia was known to the Romans
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
as Veritas
Veritas
In Roman mythology, Veritas, meaning truth, was the goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn and the mother of Virtue. It was believed that she hid in the bottom of a holy well because she was so elusive. Her image is shown as a young virgin dressed in white...
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External links
- The vocabulary of ontology: Truth (Aletheia) Origins and developments of the concept of Truth (From the Greek "Aletheia" to the Latin "Veritas")(Edgar Was Here 12/1/11)