Following saints cannot reveal truth because human minds are not truth-finding

Evidence

It is this independence of truth, which has been presupposed throughout history, that Pragmatism most avidly denies. Our external life no less than our internal life, the pragmatist claims, is based on some imagination of knowledge. If it is true it will preserve and support our life; if it is an error, it will lead us into ruin. Our imaginations are formed by purely psychic influences. In no way are they mechanical reflections of the reality in which our real lives are intertwined. Hence it would be a most remarkable coincidence if they were to lead to desirable and predictable consequences within the realm of the real. It is probable, however, that among the numerous impressions and ideas which determine our active life, there are those which obtain the title of truth because they support and sustain life, while others with opposing consequences are called erroneous. Hence there is no originally independent truth which is subsequently drawn into the stream of life in order to guide it appropriately. On the contrary, among the infinite number of images and ideas which are borne along on the stream of our consciousness, there are some which correspond with our will to live. One might say that this is an accident; without this accident, however, we could not exist. It is precisely these supportive ideas which we recognize as right and true. Thus it is neither the objects by themselves, nor sovereign reason, which determine the truth-value of our thoughts. Rather, it is life—which expresses itself sometimes through the stark necessities of survival, sometimes through the deepest spiritual needs—that forces us to classify our ideas, one pole of which we designate as the full truth and the other as full error. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 857 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

I found that with respect to this question all human knowledge may be divided into two opposite hemispheres, with their respective poles, the one negative, the other affirmative, but that at neither end is to be found an answer to the problem of life. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The popular acceptance of a policy or practice does not show it to be wise; the fact that a great many people hold to a given opinion does not prove it to be true. The test is whether the believers are expert or at least competent in the field, or on the particular proposition believed. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1061 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Popular acceptance neither proves truth nor wisdom of a belief — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1061; Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Deep wisdom may lie in maintaining wonder rather than accumulating answers — , A Year of World Stories, 10898 (+3 more)

Related

• Life’s needs rather than independent reason determine what counts as truth (similarity 0.84)
• Pure logical reasoning thrives in loneliness but produces empty pseudo-truth (similarity 0.79)
• Faith offers an understanding of life that contrasts with rational knowledge. (similarity 0.79)
• Popular acceptance neither proves truth nor wisdom of a belief (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Life’s needs rather than independent reason determine what counts as truth #corroborates (0.80) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 857
• Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. #corroborates (0.65) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64
• Popular acceptance neither proves truth nor wisdom of a belief #corroborates (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1061
• Partial perspectives each capture truth and yet miss the whole #complicates (0.55) — , A Year of World Stories, 2242
• Deep wisdom may lie in maintaining wonder rather than accumulating answers #qualifies (0.40) — , A Year of World Stories, 10898