If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair.… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair.… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom.… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans believe that… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
