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Equally , while the question of truth may remain , it may also be the case that what we think is more extensively the result of forces than of reasons , in which case the hermeneutic of subversive disclosure may provide the more relevant analysis . That , at the coming of the Messiah , only a handful of men should be preserved from idolatry in the general ruin and overthrow of faith throughout the world : that impiety should prove always dominant , always powerful , and the small numbers of the upholders of truth should be ever persecuted and maltreated , seems incredible ! And while this commission has had its share of detractors , it has indeed established the pattern of creating an environment in which injustices can be exposed in the hope that the revelation of truth will give rise to forgiveness , peace and understanding . It does , however , have the merit of causing us to reflect on the question of how the notion of truth should be constructed . Then , the might of each of them will be multiplied by that of all the rest , and the unity of truth will appear in the very diversity of its expression . Accordingly , by Horsten ( 1995 ) , Shapiro ( 1998 ) and Ketland ( 1999 ) have suggested that a deflationary axiomatization of truth should be at least conservative . A fair-minded account of the revolt against the despotic reign of natural science in the realm of truth must take into account another factor . " She embodies everything that a young seeker of truth should be , " philosophy Professor Jacob Needleman said . Let him exercise the freedom of his reason and understanding in such a latitude as this , and his mind will be strengthened , his capacity enlarged , his faculties improved ; and the light which the remote and scattered parts of truth will give to one another still so assist his judgment , that he will seldom be widely out or miss giving proof of a clear head and a comprehensive knowledge . " For it is necessary that the word of truth should be imprinted and stamped upon the souls of the regenerate .