2) I knew a kid named Truth McDavid (I think his last name was McDavid, and I think his first name was Andre, but I can't remember exactly).
3) Mr. Nietzche says that there is no objective validity to this world; there is only a world in flux. This is why people have to create their own meanings.
4) All the propositions-studying might have originated with Gottfried Leibniz, who systemized logic by studying language; his two big contributions were the Law of Identity (that something is what it is), and the Law of Indiscernibles (if two things are exactly alike in every possible way, they are the same).
5) My dad says that humor is sudden realization of the truth. I don't know if he originally said this.
6) Spinoza was leery of all humor. He thought humor quickly turned into mockery, which he didn't like. Spinoza also thought that someone who makes fun of other people would be cherished by groups for singling out someone's errors, which Spinoza thought was wrong.
7) They say that people lie but numbers don't. People do lie a lot.
8) I really liked Frankfurt's second venture into Pop-Philosophy On Truth (right down to the fact that in chapter 3 he mentions Spinoza hehe). He said that Truth helps us recognize our limitations. He also said that our whole world is empirically dependent on Truth, like constructing a building.
9) John Stuart Mill, of course, points out that Truth can be suppressed. Oh yes. He cites countless examples, but the one relevant to all Christians might be that Christ's Truth was immediately suppressed. (Hey Atheist philosophers, cheer up, he mentions Socrates, too (who was put to death)).
10) Snoop Dogg said, "What's the use of the Truth if you can't tell a lie, sometimes?" (On Tha Last Supper Album)
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