Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quote

Facts... are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. The truth depends on, and is only arrived at, by a legitimate deduction from all the facts which are truly material.


The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table-Talk, December 27, 1831 (p. 147)


Facts... are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. The truth depends on, and is...

Facts... are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. The truth depends on, and is...

Facts... are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. The truth depends on, and is...

Facts... are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. The truth depends on, and is...