Words Worth Noting - September 13, 2024

“Although the terms ‘skepticism’ and ‘relativism’ are usually used interchangeably, skepticism is in a sense the exact opposite of relativism, for skepticism says that no one has the truth, while relativism says that everyone has it, for truth is only ‘my truth’ or ‘your truth.’ Skepticism denies truth; relativism denies error.”

Dale Ahlquist reviewing a new edition of Peter Kreeft’s Socrates’ Children, an introduction to what Kreeft considers the 100 most important philosophers ever, in Gilbert The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 26 #5 (May-June 2023)