alētheia (English spelling) aletheia

Japanese: alētheia(英語表記)aletheia
alētheia (English spelling) aletheia

...This view of truth is a new way of thinking that emerged in the early modern period. [Masao Yamashita]
[History of the concept of truth]
The Greek word alētheia, meaning truth, is formed by adding the prefix a, which has the functions of lack, negation, and deprivation, to lēthē, which means forgetfulness → concealment, and is a word that gives the impression of "de-concealment." For the ancient Greeks who created this word, the original experience of truth was apparently a kind of destructive experience that "destroyed concealment and illusion and revealed existence as it is."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "alētheia" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした真理観は近世になって生まれた新しい考え方である。【山下 正男】
[真理概念の歴史]
 真理を意味するギリシア語alētheiaは,〈忘却→隠蔽〉という意味のlēthēに〈欠如・否定・剝奪〉の機能をもつ接頭詞aが付されたものであり,〈脱‐隠蔽性〉といった感じの言葉である。こうした言葉をつくった古代ギリシア人にとって真理の原体験は〈隠蔽・仮象を打ち破って,あるがままの存在を顕現させる〉という一種破壊的な体験であったらしい。…

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