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About truth
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Having outlined the theory of bullshit and lies, Harry Frankfurt turns to what lies beyond them: truth, a concept that is not as obvious as it might at first seem. Our culture’s devotion to bullshit may be far stronger than its half-hearted commitment to truth. Some people (professional thinkers, for example) don’t even consider “truth” and “lies” to be meaningful categories. Even when we listen to those who profess their love for truth, we can’t help but wonder whether they are simply talking complete nonsense. Indeed, what good is truth? With the same sparkling wit and common-sense wisdom that permeated his first acclaimed book, On the Question of Lies, Frankfurt offers us a different take on truth: something so simple that it is probably hard to notice, but to which we have a hidden and at the same time ineradicable urge. His book will make all thinking people ask themselves: Truth – why didn’t I think of this before?