Truth

If the truth shall kill them, let them die
-Immanuel Kant said
But I say-
Truth cannot be killer of the truth;
So, if they were killed by the truth be sure that they were liars!

You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to the honor.
- Aristotle said
But I say-
Courage is the energy of an active brain,
Energy is the driver of human life to true honor.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing
And that is I know nothing.
-Master of knowledge Socrates said
But I say-
'Knowing nothing' this sense, in the inquisitive mind,
begets the power of digging out the treasure of true knowledge.

So, Truth always is courageous knowledge


© Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
05/07/21
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Lawrence Avatar
August 12, 2021 at 1:44 PM
Truth always is courageous knowledge So very true...I enjoyed your wise comments and rebuttals of the famous ones. Susan :)
Hawkins Avatar
July 12, 2021 at 2:40 AM
Truth will set you free.....
Kannan Avatar
July 8, 2021 at 9:12 AM
That's a courageous argument... Well said...
Romios Avatar
July 7, 2021 at 12:15 PM
****Agree 100 per cent!
Richards Avatar
July 7, 2021 at 3:23 AM
I appreciate your philosophical argument, and concur with your closing statement: "So, Truth always is courageous knowledge".
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