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[–]Trolley 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is where I'd begin.

Truth: corresponding with reality; veridical.

If these propositions are self-evident truths, I wouldn't need to be reminded of them. Consider, I don't need to be reminded that 0+1=1, it is axiomatic- a self-evident proposition.

If these propositions are true but are nonetheless not self-evident, it is reasonable to expect supporting propositions that are themselves self-evident to authenticate the non-self-evident propositions.

It is not reasonable to expect me to adopt a non-self-evident proposition as true without support for those propositions.

Without support, these statements are as reasonable to adopt as those asserting the world is flat, the king of England lives in Idaho, or green beans taste good.