CAT (VARC) PYQs

scholars often had to decide whether they served the truth or social harmony. Should they aim to unite people by making sure everyone believes in the same fiction, or should they let people know the truth?

"Hence sticking with the truth is the best strategy for gaining power. Unfortunately, this is just a comforting myth."

"In fact, truth and power have a far more complicated relationship, because in human society, power me two very different things."

On the one hand, power me having the ability to manipulate objective realities: to hunt animals, to construct bridges, to cure diseases, to build atom bombs.*