Word: truthful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...grief that the world turns its back on his views. In Generation of Vipers, where his views made a little sense, however overstated they may have been, Wylie was impressive for his stark anger at the course of U.S. civilization. In Opus 21, he buries a few pinheads of truth so deep in bad taste and bad writing that his message, if any, is lost in the muck, and his jeremiad itself is silly...
...plateau in Nishinomiya, Japan, in the social center of Kobe College, is a room dedicated to Radcliffe in commemoration of the pre-war sister-college relationship between the two schools. A plaque in the room reads, "Veritas: In Knowledge and Love of Truth," words suggested by Radcliffe's affiliation with Harvard, and chosen by ex-Radcliffe President Ada L. Comstock during her visit to Kobe...
...attended the forum at M.I.T., and if I am any judge, the audience would not have substantiated your conclusion that "the Maritain position . . . had once more gained a growing following among troubled men searching for truth...
...state Maritain "was not confused about his convictions on the subject." His failure to answer two questions asked him would not appear to bear out your contention. Unanswered were: Why is it necessary to have an authoritarian religious institution define "religious truth," and what are the criteria by which "religious truth" may be judged...
...reply to one question. Asked what happens when scientific truth conflicts with "religious truth," he replied in effect that there can be no conflict - truth is truth. Galileo, Copernicus and a host of others, from bitter personal experience, could testify to the contrary...