Preface.

truth itself? — But the doubt as to whether it is not precisely this subject that requires an excuse is not out of the way, if one remembers the sense in which Pilate Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor; according to the Gospel of John, he asked Jesus "What is truth?" with a skeptical or dismissive tone. asked the question: What is truth? —
according to the poet:

That question then contains the sense—which can be viewed as a gesture of politeness German: Höflichkeit. The author suggests Pilate’s skepticism was a form of refined, "polite" social indifference rather than a sincere inquiry.—and the reminder within it that the goal of knowing the truth is something notoriously abandoned, long since settled, and that the unattainability of truth is something recognized even among professional philosophers and logicians? — If, however, the religious question regarding the value of things, insights, and actions—which in its content has a similar meaning—is in our times once again reclaiming vindicirt: From the Latin vindicare, meaning to formally claim, defend, or justify a right that has been challenged. its right, then philosophy must surely hope that it is also no longer