It comes from my undergraduate university experience, but it is so much incorporated into my being that you would a better chance of finding some of the green beans I ate 10 years ago during my autopsy than of finding either it's origin or where it exists.
Certainly philosophy; possibly in "The Intellectual Life" which was required reading immediately by all freshmen. There are a number of links if you search for the phrase.
And truth is the conformity of the mind to that which exists---since I'm working from memory and 50 years of conviction.
This post was edited by tom jackson at September 27, 2017 7:15 AM MDT
I am a master of sarcasm in my personal life. But unless the sarcasm is so heavy that the letters are distorted on the page, I tend to treat all real or (implied) questions as serious.
I remember reading that "truth exists and is the proper object of study." (And I wasn't just proofreading my assignment submission.)
But I don't remember where I got "truth is the conformity of the mind to that which exists."
I do have a tendency to remember what is called "deathless prose"---statements that are terse, succinct, aphoristic, and precise (or some combination of those)---whether written or spoken.
I'm always on the lookout for a good definition (of anything).
This post was edited by tom jackson at September 28, 2017 11:01 AM MDT
It's my internet life and you can see how far it has taken me.
Our leader says this is the way to success. You know, OUR LEADER? The guy who calls up the NFL and orders them to fire members he doesn't like? That leader? Trump says to throw away any stab at a conscience and just blab out loud what you THINK something should be. That is the way to create. To just make things up and pretend. Like we did in the playpen.
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