Q0377

Averroes

A verified English rendering from the curated archive.

English

Truth does not contradict truth; rather it agrees with it and bears witness to it.
Thinker Averroes
School Islamic philosophy
Source The Decisive Treatise
Theme Truth
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Source context

This English passage is associated with The Decisive Treatise, within the tradition of Islamic philosophy. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of truth, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Averroes's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Averroes. (n.d.). Truth does not contradict truth; rather it agrees with it and bears witness to it. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0377

MLA: Averroes. “Truth does not contradict truth; rather it agrees….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0377.

Chicago: Averroes. “Truth does not contradict truth; rather it agrees….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0377.

Same theme

More on truth

  1. Once in a lifetime, everything must be doubted.
  2. The things we conceive very clearly and very distinctly are all true.
  3. Truth happens to an idea. It becomes true, is made true by events.
  4. The true is precisely what is made.
  5. Accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

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