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Alexius Meinong Quotes on Truth

Alexius Meinong was an Austrian philosopher, a student of Franz Brentano, and the founder of the Graz school of object theory. This page collects quotes attributed to Alexius Meinong on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Alexius Meinong:

    “There are objects of which it is true that there are no such objects.”

  • Attributed to Alexius Meinong:

    “Every mental act has its proper object.”

  • Attributed to Alexius Meinong:

    “Mathematical, fictional, and impossible objects are all objects of thought.”

  • Attributed to Alexius Meinong:

    “What is given is more than what exists.”