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Truth Is a Good, by Randall Smith  – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Randall Smith,  The Catholic Thing, Feb. 3, 2026

Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His latest book is From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body.

Philosophers since the time of Plato have spoken about the “transcendental” properties of being – properties that all beings have, such as Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.  Something we might learn from this list is that truth is a good.

No one wants to be lied to.  We want bread; we want the truth. We may even want the truth more than we want bread.  The truth is desirable, like beauty.  The truth moves us the way beauty does.  We are happy when we get the right answer in math or figure out how to solve a problem. But we are also drawn to things that seem true but aren’t.  These are illusory goods.  Pursuing them is like running after a mirage of water in the desert. …

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