"The so-called truth," Marvin explained to William V and his family in the little tavern, "is the eternal and unchanging theory of reality. It is fixed, and yet there are different truths for different things, each conforming to the objective laws of the development of things...."
Even though noble education was considered the absolute pinnacle of elite education in this era, when it came to matters of truth, Marvin still started with the most basic definitions. A step-by-step process is necessary; how else could one delve deeper without understanding the basic structure?