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Return to Truth

“It is not the arrangement of new systems, nor the discovery of new facts, which constitutes a man of science; but the submission to our eternal system, and the proper grasp of facts already known.” — John Ruskin

Snippet from Wikipedia: Fact

A fact is a true datum about one or more aspects of a circumstance. Standard reference works are often used to check facts. Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement by experiments or other means.

For example, "This sentence contains words." accurately describes a linguistic fact, and "The sun is a star" accurately describes an astronomical fact. Further, "Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States" and "Abraham Lincoln was assassinated" both accurately describe historical facts. Generally speaking, facts are independent of belief and of knowledge and opinion.

Facts are different from inferences, theories, values, and objects.

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