The definition of truth is often hard to interpret in itself, in the dictionary it is defined as “A statement that is accepted as fact or reality universally or individually” (whether universally or individually depends on the type or context of the truth.) The nature of truth obeys different laws when divided up into different categories; there are different theories of truths for each domain.  This is perhaps why the above question may be slightly difficult to answer, and reach our first hurdle that we cannot always determine if a fact is verified in the areas of Mathematics, Arts and Ethics. To break down this argument simply; we will try and analyse to what extent finding a truth differs in each one. How can we decide the fine line upon which the truth lies? And how can our opinion be objective, and not subjective, dependant on our upbringing or a number of other possible reasons?

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Truth in the arts is subjective, beauty in the eye of the beholder so to speak, people find it hard to define and distinguish a definite truth in the arts as for some it is just viewed upon as a series of shapes, colours, and patterns, nothing more and nothing less. However, for the artist who has produced that piece of work, he would gaze upon it and see the truth within, truth which he hoped to portray by creating that piece of art. Truth in the arts is hard to categorize simply because opinions and ideas differ when trying ...

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