Over the course of his career, George Orwell wrote about many things, but no matter what he wrote the goal was to get at the fundamental truths of the world. He had no place for dissemblers, liars, conmen, or frauds, and he made his feelings well-known. In _Orwell on Truth_ , excerpts from across Or
On Truth
โ Scribed by Harry G. Frankfurt
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 29 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
A philosophical treatise on the nature of truth offers a common-sense and witty approach that examines what it is and its value in a world and culture that seems devoted to falsehood, lies, half-truths, and marketing jargon.
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