axioms

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In particular, I would say that virtually all professional mathematicians agree that questions of the form “Does Theorem T provably follow from Axioms A1, A2, and A3?” have objectively true answers.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2019

Study the Axioms and Aphorisms, but practice them also.

From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates

But that the will to believe was capable of being generalized into a voluntarist theory of all knowledge was soon shown in Dr. Schiller's Axioms as Postulates.

From Pragmatism by Murray, D. L.

Axioms of Economic Reorganization Certain well-defined and widely understood principles, that might almost be called axioms of social procedure, are to be reckoned with in any effort at world economic reorganization.

From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott

These Axioms do not much influence our other Knowledge.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by Locke, John