"Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two……" — Anaxagoras
"Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away."
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18 Quotes by Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras has 18 quotes on this site.
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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
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The descent to Hades is the same from every place.
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The descent into Hades is much the same from whatever place we start.
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And since the portions of the great and the small are equal in number, so too all things would be…
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The Greeks are wrong to recognize coming into being and perishing; for nothing comes into being nor perishes, but is…
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All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but…
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Everything has a natural explanation. The moon is not a god but a great rock and the sun a hot…
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In everything, there is a share of everything
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The Greeks do not think correctly about coming-to-be and passing-away; for no thing comes to be or passes away, but…
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It is not I who have lost the Athenians, but the Athenians who have lost me.
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All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite.
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The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.
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