intrinsic truth

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“I think finding the intrinsic truth of the piece is the important thing.”

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2016

A philosophical interest in the mathematical method has led to a logical study of axioms, but with a view rather to their fruitfulness than their intrinsic truth.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Perry, Ralph Barton

The intrinsic truth of every individual is the new unit of unique individuality which emanates from the fusion of the parent nuclei.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

But this is rather a preliminary truth than an intrinsic truth.

From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

I must take it all, from the beginning of my career, before I can look into its intrinsic truth.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony