Veritas. In Roman mythology, Veritas, meaning truth, is the goddess of truth, a daughter of Chronos, the Titan of Time, and the mother of Virtus.
She is also sometimes considered the daughter of Zeus, or a creation of Prometheus. The elusive goddess is said to have hidden in the bottom of a holy well.
She is depicted both as a virgin dressed in white and as the naked truth holding a hand mirror. Veritas is also the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should possess.
The Greek goddess of truth is Aletheia. The German philosopher Martin Heidegger argues that the truth represented by aletheia is different from that represented by veritas, which is linked to a Roman understanding of rightness and finally to a Nietzschean sense of justice and a will to power.
In Western culture, the word may also serve as a motto. This Latin word veritas now appears in the mottos of many colleges, universities and other diverse organizations. It is typically capitalized in mottoes for being an ideal. Veritas is the motto of Harvard University, Hutchesons' Grammar School, The University of Western Ontario, Drake University, Knox College, Bilkent University, the University of California-Hastings College of the Law, as well as the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and Providence College and Molloy College which is run by the Dom
She is also sometimes considered the daughter of Zeus, or a creation of Prometheus. The elusive goddess is said to have hidden in the bottom of a holy well.
She is depicted both as a virgin dressed in white and as the naked truth holding a hand mirror. Veritas is also the name given to the Roman virtue of truthfulness, which was considered one of the main virtues any good Roman should possess.
The Greek goddess of truth is Aletheia. The German philosopher Martin Heidegger argues that the truth represented by aletheia is different from that represented by veritas, which is linked to a Roman understanding of rightness and finally to a Nietzschean sense of justice and a will to power.
In Western culture, the word may also serve as a motto. This Latin word veritas now appears in the mottos of many colleges, universities and other diverse organizations. It is typically capitalized in mottoes for being an ideal. Veritas is the motto of Harvard University, Hutchesons' Grammar School, The University of Western Ontario, Drake University, Knox College, Bilkent University, the University of California-Hastings College of the Law, as well as the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church, and Providence College and Molloy College which is run by the Dom
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