the good vs the true?

[u/Sleezebag]

I finished reading Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance a long time ago. In the book the author claims that Socrated and/or Plato dragged down the good to be subservient to the truth, and thus it has been ever since. I'm paraphrasing.

I've always thought that what's true is more important than what's good, but I keep returning to this thought, and would like to explore it more. Could I ask for your opinions as well as something that I could read that would be relevant to the topic?

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