intrinsic truth
Example Sentences
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“I think finding the intrinsic truth of the piece is the important thing.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2016
Man may be clearly conscious of the symbolism of the idea, and yet, at the same time, grasp in it an incontestable intrinsic truth which he knows to be far above all mere anthropomorphism.
From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by W. Tudor (William Tudor) Jones
I must take it all, from the beginning of my career, before I can look into its intrinsic truth.
From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope
I have dwelt on these points partly for their intrinsic truth and importance, and partly as hearing upon and explaining my own case.
From The Opium Habit by Horace B. Day
But this is rather a preliminary truth than an intrinsic truth.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
