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Aletheia or Alethia (/ æ l ɪ ˈ θ aɪ. ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: ἀλήθεια) is truth or disclosure in philosophy. Originating in Ancient Greek philosophy , the term was explicitly used for the first time in the history of philosophy by Parmenides in his poem On Nature , in which he contrasts it with doxa (opinion).
Alethia, Aletheia, Thea, Theia, Tia, Thia, Verity Alice Liddell as the goddess Aletheia , photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1872. Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the Ancient Greek feminine noun ἀλήθεια , alḗtheia , ' truth '.
(This is Heidegger's usual reading of aletheia as Unverborgenheit, "unconcealment".) [1] It is closely related to the notion of world disclosure, the way in which things get their sense as part of a holistically structured, pre-interpreted background of meaning. Initially, Heidegger wanted aletheia to stand for a re-interpreted definition of truth.
Aletheia (Ἀλήθεια), spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity; The Algea (Ἄλγεα), spirits of pain and suffering Achos (Ἄχος) "trouble, distress" Ania (Ἀνία) "ache, anguish" Lupe (Λύπη) "pain, grief, sadness" Alke (Ἀλκή), spirit of prowess and courage (one of the Machai)
Artworks, Heidegger contends, are things, a definition that raises the question of the meaning of a "thing", such that works have a thingly character. This is a broad concept, so Heidegger chooses to focus on three dominant interpretations of things: Things as substances with properties, [5] or as bearers of traits.
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The Roman mythographer Hyginus has the equivalent personification of the meaning of the Latin word oblivio (oblivion, forgetfulness) [4] as the offspring of Ether [Aether] and Earth [Terra]. [5] The meaning of the Greek lethe may have been influenced by the Greek word aletheia, meaning truth. [6]