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  Falsehood in Wartime by Arthur Ponsonby M.P.
Falsehood in Wartime by Arthur Ponsonby M.P. The Introduction to the book of the same name by Arthur Ponsonby M.P. The object of this volume is not to cast fresh blame on authorities and individuals, nor is it to expose one nation more than another to accusations of deceit.
Falsehood is a recognized and extremely useful weapon in warfare, and every country uses it quite deliberately to deceive its own people, to attract neutrals, and to mislead the enemy.
The use of the weapon of falsehood is more necessary in a country where military conscription is not the law of the land than in countries where the manhood of the nation is automatically drafted into the Army, Navy, or Air Service.
www.heretical.com /miscella/ponsonby.html   (4001 words)

  
 The Blinding of Truth by Falsehood
Falsehood said to the Ennead: Let [Tru]th [be brought] and blinded both his eyes and be assigned to be doorkeeper of my house.
Then Falsehood / went off to the fields to inspect his cattle, and he saw that that ox belonging to the boy was exceedingly beautiful in appearance.
Then Falsehood took an oath by the Lord, l.p.h., saying: By [Amon] and by the Ruler, l.p.h., if Truth be found alive, I shall be blinded both my eyes and be assigned [to be door]keeper in the [house of Truth].
www.touregypt.net /blindingoftruth.htm   (1055 words)

  
 3 - I will die to falsehood that I may live to truth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He advises his successors to beware of falsehood and to fight it and destroy it wherever it is found, if they wished their kingdom to prosper and live.
Falsehood is cowardly and mean, foul and filthy.
When the tide of falsehood comes rolling in and sweeps all barriers, it debases morals and breaks the edifice of communal character to pieces.
www.zarathushtra.com /z/article/dhalla/ch2b/iib03.htm   (378 words)

  
 "Falsehood / Falsify" Defined & Explained
It is committed by dissimulation when a creditor, having an understanding with his former debtor, sells the land of the latter although he has been paid the debt which was due to him.
Falsehood by word - perjury - is committed when a witness swears to what he knows not to be true.
It is a general rule that if a witness testifies falsely as to any material fact the whole of his testimony may be rejected, but still the jury may consider whether the wrong statement is of such character as to entitle the witness to be believed in other respects.
www.lectlaw.com /def/f098.htm   (373 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The meal was brought and the Falsehood invited Truth to eat and drink to her heart's desire; and Falsehood would pay the bill.
Falsehood and the innkeeper were right into the thick of the quarrel.
Falsehood was screaming in whatever ugly language came into her mouth, as if the man had murdered her father.
www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/news/001-100/066.6   (342 words)

  
 20th WCP: Sentential Falsehood Logic FL4
Correlation between three-valued falsehood sublogic FL3N of FL4 and three-valued Kleene’s logic and Lukasiewicz’s logic is considered.
S)' is a proposition about falsehood of the sentence 'S' and it is a proposition in a metalanguage related to the language in which a sentence 'S' is formulated.
The notions of truth, falsehood and implication are interdependent.
www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Logi/LogiPavl.htm   (1096 words)

  
 falsity - definition by dict.die.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.
A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made.
The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.
dict.die.net /falsity   (110 words)

  
 Falsehood Quotations compiled by GIGA
All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another.
Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.
www.giga-usa.com /gigaweb1/quotes2/qutopfalsehoodx001.htm   (202 words)

  
 ummah.com forum - The Monumental Struggle Of Good Versus Evil
Hence, 'Falsehood' is something that is not correct and does not entail the requisites of that which is established and correct according to the Sharee’ah.
The struggle between the Truth and Falsehood is in reality between the followers of the Truth and the followers of Falsehood, that is to say, between the believers and those other than them.
Struggle between the Truth and Falsehood, that is to say between their followers, is a matter that must arise and is inevitable because they are opposites and opposites do not gather together.
www.ummah.net /forum/printthread.php?t=3179   (2077 words)

  
 Wampum: The 11th Falsehood
Falsehood #2: Bush's filibustered nominees have all been rated well-qualified by the ABA; blocking such highly rated nominees is unprecedented
Falsehood #5: Democrats oppose Bush nominees because of their faith, race, ethnicity, gender, stance on abortion, stance on parental notification...
The explanation and documentation of each of those ten falsehoods is worth your time and is commended to your attention.
wampum.wabanaki.net /archives/001995.html   (1539 words)

  
 CHAPTER XII
In fact, truth and falsehood are properties of beliefs and statements: hence a world of mere matter, since it would contain no beliefs or statements, would also contain no truth or falsehood.
Thus it is easier to account for falsehood if we take judgement to be a relation in which the mind and the various objects concerned all occur severally; that is to say, Desdemona and loving and Cassio must all be terms in the relation which subsists when Othello believes that Desdemona loves Cassio.
Thus although truth and falsehood are properties of beliefs, yet they are in a sense extrinsic properties, for the condition of the truth of a belief is something not involving beliefs, or (in general) any mind at all, but only the objects of the belief.
www.ditext.com /russell/rus12.html   (2811 words)

  
 Micah 2:11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;" he would be the prophet of this people.
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood doth lie, saying, I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
bible.cc /micah/2-11.htm   (280 words)

  
 falsehood
It was a wanton falsehood," said Michael, "and you know it." Truly this hellish nightmare of war and hate which had arisen brought with it a brood not less terrible.
A new distrust of mankind had begun to make the boy an adept in innocent falsehood, the more deceptive as his careless, cheerful manner, the result of his relief at leaving the city, and his perfect ease in the loving companionship of night and nature, certainly gave no indication of his homelessness and poverty.
It was pleasant to hear your opponents called by every nickname that is to be found in the foul vocabulary of the Reverend Hugh Mcneill.
www.cooldictionary.com /?word=falsehood   (443 words)

  
 Let Truth and Falsehood Grapple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
At least in embryo, the importance of falsehoods argument is found in all three of the classic English-language defences of free speech and toleration: John Milton's Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing (1644), John Locke's A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), and John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1859).
The free expression of both truth and falsehood, according to Mill, is necessary for the promotion of knowledge, and the censorship of any opinion hampers this goal.
However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
www.utpjournals.com /product/utq/672/672_irvine.html   (7115 words)

  
 Electronic Antiquities Volume II, Number 2
Denyer's treatment of the problem of falsehood and negation is broader than Pelletier's as the respective titles suggest.
The conclusion to Euthydemus' argument is that it is impossible to state a falsehood.
Plato's solution to the problem of falsehood rests on a certain understanding of negation and a correspondence theory of knowledge, neither of which have so far been accepted as 'definitive solutions'.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/ElAnt/V2N2/rubarth.html   (3967 words)

  
 Ephesians 4:25 Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth
Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.
www.bible.cc /ephesians/4-25.htm   (181 words)

  
 Certain Doubts » On Useful Falsehoods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Those useful falsehoods are indeed essential to the acquisition of knowledge (which is the point of the whole exercise).
We feel that the crucial falsehood is as useful as it was deemed to be in the original case.
There are much clearer cases of knowledge from falsehood available, cases in which the falsehoods seem centrally involved in the epistemizing the true conclusion and not merely “off to the side” falsehoods inessential to the epistemizing of the conclusion.
bengal-ng.missouri.edu /~kvanvigj/certain_doubts/index.php?p=195   (5837 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
A publisher or broadcaster of defamatory falsehoods about an individual who is neither a public official nor a public figure may not claim the New York Times protection against liability for defamation on the ground that the defamatory statements concern an issue of public or general interest.
Hill, 385 U.S. Although acknowledging that First Amendment values are of no less significance when media reports concern private persons' involvement in matters of public concern, the Court refuses to provide, in such cases, the same level of constitutional protection that has been afforded the media in the context of defamation of public persons.
Plainly, with the additional burden on the plaintiff of proving negligence or other fault, it will be exceedingly difficult, perhaps impossible, for him to vindicate his reputation interest by securing a judgment for nominal damages, the practical effect of such a judgment being a judicial declaration that the publication was indeed false.
www.findlaw.com /cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=418&invol=323   (16803 words)

  
 Falsehood; Christian Charity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It is made manifest in various forms, especially in the usual form of lying in general conversation and in the form of deceit in business life.
It is considered quite usual to confirm something whether or not one knows it to be true; to say, "We will not be home" to avoid a guest or caller; to claim to be ill, while being healthy, etc. (to this we must add false "compliments," flattery, praise, etc.).
People forget that falsehood is from the devil, of whom Christ the Savior said, "He is a liar and the father of lies." Thus, every liar is a co-worker and device of the devil.
www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/law/falsehood.shtml   (917 words)

  
 SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is falsehood necessary for perjury?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
To this confirmation falsehood is opposed: since an assertion is confirmed by being firmly shown to be true; and this cannot happen to that which is false.
Hence falsehood directly annuls the end of an oath: and for this reason, that perversity in swearing, which is called perjury, takes its species chiefly from falsehood.
Since, however, that which is formal in anything is of greater importance than that which is material, he that swears to a falsehood thinking it true is not so much of a perjurer as he that swears to the truth thinking it false.
www.newadvent.org /summa/309801.htm   (648 words)

  
 Psalm 41:6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart
And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he speaketh of it.
www.bible.cc /psalms/41-6.htm   (204 words)

  
 New Testament Hyper-concordance: "Falsehood"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
But nothing unclean shall enter it, nor any one who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
www.semanticbible.com /hyperconc/F/Falsehood.html   (128 words)

  
 A Confession by Leo Tolstoy
Both the falsehood and the truth were contained in the so-called holy tradition and in the Scriptures.
That there is truth in the teaching is to me indubitable, but it is also certain that there is falsehood in it, and I must find what is true and what is false, and must disentangle the one from the other.
What of falsehood I have found in the teaching and what I have found of truth, and to what conclusions I came, will form the following parts of this work, which if it be worth it and if anyone wants it, will probably some day be printed somewhere.
flag.blackened.net /daver/anarchism/tolstoy/conf16.html   (597 words)

  
 When falsehood is vanquished
Falsehood, on the other hand, is alien to it, having no roots or power.
This is particularly so in those periods when falsehood appears to be strong and overpowering, while the truth appears to be reduced to a small stature, shrinking into a corner, defeated.
Hence, if God tests them by allowing falsehood a temporary triumph, they realize that this is merely a test God puts them through to eradicate their weakness or to give them what they lack.
www.arabnews.com /?page=5§ion=0&article=11302&d=16&m=12&y=2001&pix=islam.jpg&category=Islam   (1045 words)

  
 3 - Truth is the supremest virtue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
To be truthful is to be courageous, for falsehood is cowardice.
Forced under the stinking water of falsehood, like oil, on the surface, it will swim, while down like water will falsehood drop.
Falsehood strikes at the root of mutual trust and hastens its fall.
www.zarathushtra.com /z/article/dhalla/ch1c/ic03.htm   (329 words)

  
 Truth vs. Falsehood
And the most important thing we’ve learned is how to tell truth from falsehood.
DH: The thrust of the work is to first identify the nature of the ego, how it arose over evolutionary time, and what its structure is. And by looking at the structure, you see why the mind, in and of itself, is unable to comprehend and tell truth from falsehood.
Descartes pointed out the reason centuries ago – that the mind is one thing, and the world, and nature and reality are another.
www.newconnexion.net /article/09-04/hawkins.html   (2086 words)

  
 Search results for "falsehood" :: American Poems
Falsehood of Thee could I suppose 'Twould undermine the Sill To which my Faith pinned Block by Block Her Cedar Citadel.(Read full poem)
I know the face of Falsehood and her Tongue Honeyed with unction, Plausible with guile, Are dear to men, whom count me not among, That owe their daily credit to her smile; Such have been succoured out of great distress By her contriving, if accounts...
THAT there is a falsehood in his looks, I must and will deny: They tell their Master is a knave, And sure they do not lie.(Read full poem)
www.americanpoems.com /search/falsehood   (1386 words)

  
 ::::::ALHARAMAINONLINE.ORG:::::: - War between Truth and falsehood
The uprising of Prophet Ibraaheem against the idolatry of his people and which was meant to save them from their manifest error, so that the religion could be absolutely Allaah’s and in order that others besides Him might not be worshipped.
But their evil campaign failed in its objectives and Allaah, the All-Mighty made it clear to the people of falsehood in the Qur’aan, in the verses that are recited and will continue to be recited till the end of time, that the ultimate victory is for the truth and that eventual defeat is for falsehood.
The forces of falsehood also gathered together and call one another to subdue the truth during the vicious crusaders’ wars, and the enemies massed their strengths and wealth, and they attacked the Muslim lands until they raised their flags over the walls of Al-Quds.
www.khutab.org /eng/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67   (875 words)

  
 GospelMessage.com - Listings of the word FALSEHOOD in the King James Version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me].
Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers spoileth without.
www.gospelmessage.com /word_falsehood.htm   (386 words)

  
 Political Commentary by Binyamin Zev Kahane: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FRAUD AND FALSEHOOD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Falsehood lasts longer than fraud does, though, it, too,eventually falls, since it has no real legs to stand on.
The Labor Party never saw value in the concept of a greater Israel, andfrom the very beginning, Labor was rooted in the separation of the Jewfrom his tradition.
Falsehood has foundationsthat at least appear to be solid, and it can carry on for some time, untilit finally crumbles with a thunderous roar (like Russia).
www.kahane.org /political/44.html   (333 words)

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