{TRUTH} [25th March 1986]

[Redbook3:1-5][19860325:0153] {TRUTH} [25^th March 1986]

[Hunter]

(Book, Volume III)

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To the question: 'What is Truth?' the reply can only be: 'TRUTH IS' – that is, Truth is what is. The similarity to I AM – I AM THAT I AM* – suggests strongly that God and Truth are One.

A distinction between the Artist and the Craftsman may be discovered using this concept of Truth. If a man sets out to write a novel which, he predicts, will tell 'The truth about … (say, Poverty in Britain Today), the likelihood is that he will not write The Truth (or even, Truth). This is because Truth is not about anything – it just is. In practical terms, the writer's will to tell the truth about something reveals his pre-existent view of what the truth is, and his desire to control the truth, to turn his arts to his own ends. This is the approach of the Craftsman – in whom, of course, there will be something of the Artist. The Artist, on the other hand – in whom, of course, there will be something of the Craftsman – seeks truth in his Art: he does not try to use Truth, but allows Truth to use him, albeit imperfectly.

*[Exodus 3:14, KJB/AV, literally translated as “I shall be what I shall be”; also rendered as “I am he who is.” (e.g. NJB)]

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