The Truth

Title: The Truth
Author(s): Terry Pratchett
Release year: 2000
Publisher: Doubleday

Why in Database: In this Discworld book, the turtle references are differentiated, there are three, and each is a different kind! The first is the most standard, A’Tuin mentioned by Patrician:

“A thousand years ago we thought the world was a bowl,” he said. “Five hundred years ago we knew it was a globe. Today we know it is flat and round and carried through space on the back of a turtle.” He turned and gave the High Priest another smile. “Don’t you wonder what shape it will turn out to be tomorrow?”

The second reference is in the context of Om and the pendand associated with him:

The speaker was a priest, dressed in the black, unadorned, and unflattering habit of the Omnians. He had a flat, broad-brimmed hat, the Omnia’s turtle symbol around his neck, and an expression of almost terminal benevolence.

The last mention is about ordinary turtles in philosophical terms:

William grimaced. It shows the truth, he thought. But how do we know the truth when we see it? The Ephebian philosophers think that a hare can never outrun a tortoise, and they can prove it. Is that the truth?


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