Aletheia is an old Greek word, and like many old words, it names something we’ve slowly lost the habit of practicing.
Aletheia means truth as unconcealment — not truth as argument, not truth as opinion, not truth as persuasion, but truth as what becomes visible when distortion, bias, omission, and framing are removed. It is not about deciding who is right. It is about making sure nothing essential is hidden before judgment begins.
In older systems of thought, this distinction mattered. Truth was not something you rushed toward a verdict with. It was something you cleared first. Only after clarity came responsibility. Only after responsibility came judgment.
Modern decision-making often reverses that order.
We decide first, justify later, and call the result “truth.” That works fine when the stakes are low. It fails quietly when they are not.
That is the role Aletheia 2.5 is designed to fill.
Within The Faust Baseline, Aletheia exists to surface truth before judgment is applied. It is intentionally positioned upstream of high-stakes decision layers. It does not issue verdicts. It does not optimize outcomes. It does not resolve disputes by authority or force.
Instead, it removes concealment.
Aletheia is designed for environments where responsibility already exists, but final authority has not yet been exercised. Places where groups must see the same facts clearly before deciding what to do with them. Places where misalignment, ambiguity, or unspoken assumptions quietly degrade trust long before any formal decision is made.
That makes its audience specific.
Aletheia is intended for educational institutions, churches, boards, committees, and small businesses—contexts where people are trying to act in good faith but often lack a shared framework for clarity. These are environments where decisions affect people, culture, direction, or resources, but where jumping straight to judgment can fracture the very structure holding the group together.
Aletheia does not tell these groups what to decide.
It helps them see what is actually there.
That distinction matters.
When truth is surfaced cleanly, disagreement becomes manageable. When truth is obscured, even agreement becomes dangerous, because it rests on incomplete ground. Aletheia is built to prevent that failure mode—not by adding more opinion, but by stripping interference away.
Because of this role, Aletheia is not positioned as a personal product.
It is an organizational clarity tool.
Aletheia 2.5 is issued in two forms:
- A personal home license, priced at $175, for individuals or families seeking a structured clarity framework for study, discussion, or governance at a small scale.
- A four-license commercial bundle, priced at $600, intended for boards, committees, churches, or small organizations that need a shared reference point. This structure reflects its use as a write-off-eligible governance and alignment framework rather than a personal productivity tool.
That pricing is not about access—it’s about placement.
The rest of this framework is not published publicly.
It lives in the full Baseline file.
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Aletheia is meant to be used where decisions are shaped collectively, not privately optimized. It is designed to sit at the table before authority speaks, not after outcomes are already locked in.
If you are looking for something that tells you what to think, this isn’t it.
If you are looking for something that helps a group slow down, see clearly, and remove distortion before judgment hardens, then Aletheia does exactly that.
No pressure.
No performance.
No rush to conclusions.
Aletheia clears the ground.
What you build on it is your responsibility.
Unauthorized commercial use prohibited.
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