True Propositions

Famous quotes containing the words true and/or propositions:

    “Lucky Man,
    it’s true that she’s virtuous
    and has a beautiful body.
    And it’s true that I am lacking.
    But tell me:
    will all these people
    who aren’t like her
    have to die?”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)

    “In fact, of course, I hold that propositions that contemporary
    philosophers would properly count as ‘empirical’ can be necessary and be known to be such.”
    —Saul Kripke (b. 1940)