If we reduce truth to analytical thought alone, we inevitably close our eyes to levels of truth that do not fit within the linear and logical structures of the human mind. We become blind to them.

The world exceeds human logic, and its levels of truth do not necessarily submit to the analytical thinking of the philosophical mind.

We live in a world that, in my view, has placed an unbalanced and excessive value on analytical thought.

A person may have little ability in analytical or philosophical thought, or even in articulating beliefs, and yet on another level possess a deeper connection to the fundamental truth of the world than a philosopher.

A thinker or philosopher does not necessarily have a deeper relationship with the truth of life merely because of the complexity of their thought or their ability to express it.

Sometimes a far greater and deeper truth is present in the kindness and love of ordinary people in our everyday lives than in the efforts of a philosopher’s logical mind or the ornate and imposing words of an intellectual.

Sometimes truth must be sought not in philosophy but in the simplicity of a child, the courage of a fighter, the kindness of a passer-by, and the helping hand of a friend—and we should remember that philosophy itself is an attempt to take the first step towards such truths.

Aydin Areta