Talk:Aletheia

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Re-write
I am planning on doing a substantial re-write of this page due to the factual innaccuracies and the problem of its readability. For the time being my draft of the new version is at User:Sdorrance/Draft. I will be moving text around frequently, however. - Sam 05:54, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Sam, when you get around to the rewrite, maybe a passing reference to the work of Ewan Cameron and Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine. Both refer to wiping the slate clean - Cameron with individual memory and Klein with collective memory. It ties in with concept that drinking from the river Lethe as a ritual of death (something one must do before one passes on into the next world) and to the defiant nature of the avenging demon Alastor who, according to etymology is related to alethes - where unforgetting turns into unforgiving. Just enough that if the person wished for more detail that they could visit the other entries. 21:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.77.37.48 (talk)

The above suggestion doesn't seem relevant to me, this page is for the specifically philosophical usage of the word. Also the page is in need of further explanation in plain english, rather than an explanation unhelpfully reliant on the impenetrable continental style and terminology.ColeHeideman (talk) 00:29, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

The beginning paragraph uses...." Nazist philosopher and theoretician Martin Heidegger."... is Nazist necessary? It puts an extreme bias so early in the entry. Aletheia is a Philosophical idea, not a political one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Rautenbach (talk • contribs) 07:23, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

Reference in 'Kung Fu'
Perhaps there should be a mention of the reference to 'Aletheia' in Kung Fu. I'll write more about it, but it's not just a passing reference - one of the characters is named 'Aletheia', and truth is examined through her witness to a murder. -- Sasuke Sarutobi 00:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Image of truth
The new GIF image is possibly the most famous fragmented "truth" from antiquity, P52. Able to cut and paste the missing letters from same papyrus of John 18:37, more relevant than Van Gogh's shoes in Heidegger's study. Maybe not, but the perfect artistic truth, anyway. The discussion now is whether this is copyrightable. &#45; Athrash | T a l k 03:43, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

The shoes in the painting are damaged. But there is nobody and nothing to cause the damage. So how can the painting be a whole world? 198.228.199.172 (talk) 12:01, 17 July 2011 (UTC) Collin237


 * Because it made you think of the "nobody" and "nothing" you say caused the damage. The painting "reveals" or "discloses" a whole world (whole, as in, somewhat coherent, not as in physically complete). Nobody said that it is a whole world by itself.Walkinxyz (talk) 09:48, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

TRUTH
THE TRUTH IS! What the war of Love is for! To be discovered! Freely chosen, selected and experienced! Shared eternally! JOHN 1;14, 8:32, 10:7-9, 10:27, 14:6, 18:37 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.192.183.157 (talk) 17:34, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Lacking key information
The article, despite mentioning that the term originates in Ancient Greek philosophy, does not include any further information about that usage of the term, and is instead entirely focused on its usage by Martin Heidegger, despite his usage of the term being derived from the Ancient Greek one. —Foxlillies (talk) 18:11, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Confusing intro
Why does it start off saying it's "revolution or rising in philosophy" ? I expect the first sentence of an article to contain a definition, not make a statement about how it's gaining popularity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.231.144.164 (talk) 03:43, 12 September 2018 (UTC)