“By Doubting we are led to Enquire, by Enquiry, we percieve Truth” – Peter Abelard.

“By Doubting we are led to Enquire, by Enquiry, we percieve Truth” – Peter Abelard.

This statement or quote mention by Peter Abelard states that if we doubt, we will soon be curious to enquire about the topic, and after we start enquiring about the topic at hand, we will be able to learn and know about the truth. What made famous philosophers think about complex problems and try to create a solution or find the “truth” that could be linked with the problem they were dealing with, was their constant questioning. With this constant questioning of theories, and possibly realities, these philosophers soon became led to knowing the truth that is often taken as realities in the lives of modern day people.

“By Doubting we are led to Enquire,...” this statement shows the above, but means overall that not only doubting, but also questioning the theory could lead us to the inquiry. The inquiry part of the statement relates to how other people, or ourselves find a way to percieve or obtain the truth. Thus “...by Enquiry, we percieve Truth” has been fulfilled, and we have finally been able to come to terms and percieve the truth.

But there are some problems which prevent us to see the perfect truth, this is mainly due to the absence of a perfect truth. But the truth is not always the problem, as the way we inquire and find a solution or a “truth” that can be linked with the question at hand can always be mislead, misguided, or completely wrong. Some of the ways that people observed to gain a truth, was through methods of Empiricism, with this method of Empiricism, we know that sometimes our senses can trick us, thus the truth that we percieve at the end can be wrong.