Trust as a Condition of Getting to Know the Truth: The Anthropological Aspect

Jarosław Sobkowiak

doi:10.21697/stv.2016.54.2.09

Published: 2017-09-20

Vol. 54 No. 2 (2016)

Trust as a Condition of Getting to Know the Truth: The Anthropological Aspect

Jarosław Sobkowiak

Studia Theologica Varsaviensia

Section: Varia

https://doi.org/10.21697/stv.2016.54.2.09

Abstract

Man is a relational being. His development, both in the personal and social aspects, assumes a relation to truth. In such communal building the classical concept of truth as the congruence of intellect and the perceived reality is not enough. It is also necessary to refer to the world of persons (subjects of perception), as a person is the place of learning and communicating the truth, and its witness, for only on personal level can truth give rise to obligation. For it to happen, however, there must be an attitude of trust created between persons.

The truth perceived by a subject is a partial one. Thus communicating it must assume its limited and incomplete nature. What is more, a subject communicates by means of words and images. And they acquire certain autonomy, eluding the subject. Therefore there is a need of trust which assumes that the subject communicates only a part of the truth, but it is accompanied by a willingness to get to know the whole truth. Truth requires a particular communicational horizon, which is love. Only by love and a willingness to be open to the full truth the learning subjects can get closer to it. The unity of seeking must be based on full trust in a person, and in such a sense trust is a condition of getting to know the Truth which is a Person.

Keywords:

truth, perception/learning, communicating the truth, unity, trust

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Sobkowiak, J. (2017). Trust as a Condition of Getting to Know the Truth: The Anthropological Aspect. Studia Theologica Varsaviensia, 54(2), 195–208. https://doi.org/10.21697/stv.2016.54.2.09

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