Throughout time many great minds have defined what they feel is truth and what its importance is in society. Three of these people whose works deal with truth are Niccolo Machiavelli in The Prince, Martin Luther in Three Treatises, and Galileo Galilei in Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo. Each has his own opinion of where to turn to find truth in life. Machiavelli believes one should look at history to find truth. Luther feels that …
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…in the Bible, more specifically the letters of St. Paul; Galileo felt truth could be found using science and observations. One can say that all three men have successfully defined what truth is in his own life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Galilei, Galileo. Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo. Trans. Stillman Drake. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1957. Luther, Martin. Three Treatises. Fortress Press. Machiavelli, Niccolo. The Prince. Trans. George Bull. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. 1999.