January 19, 1986
Mr. Felix B. Bautista
Editor
VERITAS

I don’t know if the error is that of writer Pennre S. Azarcon or that of artists Sandra Torrijos and/or Salvador Zulueta, but it just isn’t true that "Alethai is a classical Greek word for ‘discovery’ " ("Faces," VERITAS, Jan. 19).

The Greek word for discovery is "eurema" which comes from the same root as "eureka" (literally, "I have found [it]").

There is no such Greek word as "alethia", but there is an "alathaia" which means the Latin "veritas" or English "truth."

Yours for more truthful discoveries.
 
 

J. Pedrosa Ramas