Self-evident truths
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
self-evident truths · al-badīhiyyāt · self-evident truth · the light of the sun at high noon · البديهيات · ضوء الشمس في رابعة النهار
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Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The class of propositions too plain to require proof, invoked with the image of denying the noon sun in order to place the Arab family beyond dispute.
to deny the family among the Arabs comes close to denying self-evident truths, or rather it is to deny the light of the sun at high noon.
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
Doctrine that unenumerated self-evident truths, including natural rights, form part of all law and government unless explicitly denied.
Now, all “self-evident truths,” except such as may be explicitly, or by necessary implication, denied, (and no government has a right to deny any of them,) enter into, are taken for granted by, und constitute an essential part of all constitutions, compacts, and systems of government whatsoever.
This principle, that all “self-evident truths,” though not enumerated, make a part of all laws and contracts, unless clearly denied, is not only indispensable to the very existence of civil society, but it is even indispensable to the administration of justice in every individual case or suit, that may arise, out of contract or otherwise, between individuals.
If, then, it be a “self-evident truth,” that all men have a natural and inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that truth constitutes a part of all our laws and all our constitutions, unless it have been unequivocally and authoritatively denied.