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Truth cannot be offended. Confronting truth—for example, Marx's Capital—can only make truth more prominent. Throwing dirt at truth can only make the truth more appealing to more people. Declaring the "end of truth"—for example, Mr. Fukuyama's The End of History—its academic life, let alone its political life, will soon become a laughing stock. Hegel said:

When Socrates wished to lead his friends into the path of reflection, these conversations always took a negative turn; that is, they led to the realization that they did not know what “is.” But when the principle of Socrates gradually gained recognition, he was condemned to death for its discovery—a verdict that reveals great justice (in that the people of Athens condemned their absolute enemy), but also great tragedy (in that the Athenians would come to recognize this fact with helplessness).:What they most detested in Socrates was most firmly rooted in themselves, and so they had to condemn Socrates in order to acquit themselves. [1]

认识真理的方法很简单又很复杂，说到底就是唯物辩证法。
但唯物论和辩证法并不是马克思义的专利，而彻底的唯物辩证法才是马克思主义的专利。封建文化——比如孔子、老子及《孙子兵法》等、资本主义文化——比如克劳塞维茨、基辛格等也有唯物论和辩证法，由于他们没有人民立场，不管统治阶级“中学为体、西学为用”的口号喊的如何响亮，它们在近现代就是不能解决中国问题。只有中国共产党将中国优秀传统文化和马克思主义结合后，新中国在20世纪下半叶对西方资本主义形成了“多快好省”和“力争上游”的优势，至21世纪初就形成了对西方资本主义较为全面的优势。与此相对，袁世凯在“中学为体”的山呼中敲响了中国封建社会的丧钟，蒋介石将中国优秀传统文化与资产阶级文化相结合结果，就是跑到台湾当办买去了。
因此，贯彻到人民利益的唯物论，才是彻底和通透的唯物论；贯彻到人民利益的辩证法，才是彻底和通透的辩证法。而发现人民的力量和立场则是马克思列宁主义的专利，这也是马克思列宁主义者必然胜利的思想利器。
因此，站在历史正确一边，就是站在真理一边。站在历史正确一边，就是站在人民一边。只有站在人民立场，“全心全意为人民服务” （毛泽东语） 的人才是离真理最近并容易掌握真理的人。
A translation specialist is required to translate the following Chinese text into English. The translation should be fluent and grammatically correct. Only the translation should be returned. Notes: [1]［德］黑格尔著，王造时译：《历史哲学》，上海书店出版社2001年版，第268页。

(The author is a professor at the Center for Strategic Issues Research at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics;