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aletheia

Aletheia is a Greek noun meaning truth, often translated as "truth" or "unconcealment." Etymologically, it derives from a- (not) and lethē (forgetting), though many scholars emphasize a broader sense: truth as that which reveals and discloses reality rather than mere correctness.

In ancient Greek philosophy, aletheia referred to the process or state of disclosure—uncovering what is hidden.

In later Greek literature, aletheia also appears as a personified divine figure—an abstract goddess of truth—though

In modern thought, aletheia figures prominently in phenomenology and hermeneutics. The most influential reinterpretation is by

Today, the term appears across philosophy, literary studies, theology, and cultural criticism as a focal point

Early
thinkers
such
as
the
pre-Socratics
used
the
term
to
denote
the
true
nature
of
things
behind
appearances.
Heraclitus
associates
aletheia
with
the
underlying
order
of
reality
and
with
the
logos
that
pervades
phenomena.
Plato
and
Aristotle
discuss
truth
in
relation
to
knowledge
and
belief,
with
aletheia
appearing
in
debates
about
disclosure,
appearance,
and
the
limits
of
opinion.
she
is
not
a
major
Olympian
deity.
In
Roman
adaptations
she
is
sometimes
equated
with
Veritas,
the
Roman
personification
of
truth.
Martin
Heidegger,
who
treats
aletheia
as
unconcealment:
truth
as
the
revealing
of
beings
through
their
disclosure
within
a
world.
This
reframing—from
a
matter
of
correctness
to
a
process
of
disclosure—has
shaped
discussions
of
authenticity,
transparency,
and
the
politics
of
truth.
for
questions
about
how
truths
are
revealed,
obscured,
or
constructed.