The idea of will to truth states that, in every presentation of a new perspective, we try to seek some kind of truth or understanding as to why someone would believe that contrasting truth. If only it was that innocent and easy to do.
Yes, we all would like to fully accept our tendency to look for truth, but a lot of the time, that truth isn’t accepted. Often, we hear the truth and before the offender can explain themselves, some people are like “Fuck you, that’s wrong” and then pull out their shotgun and shoot the bastard. That’s how wars start.
But that’s just the cynical view of the world. Some people do legitimately try to seek understanding. Humans are very curious creatures. It wouldn’t be in our nature to not question something that wasn’t in line with what we believe.
Most students here fall into the latter category. We’re all here to learn. Hopefully, if we’re all fully engaged in our learning as we should be, we are asking questions if we don’t understand something. A lot of the times, things we learned in high school are almost lies compared to what we learn here at university. We continue our education to do just that and part of that is learning the truth about things our previous teachers merely touched on.
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