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- But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
- In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find…
- The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know…
- For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
- Even if a man should chance to speak the most complete truth, yet he himself does not know it; all things are wrapped in appearances
- Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better.
- All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.
- For we are all sprung from earth and water
- God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the…
- Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them…
- The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
- All men begin their learning with Homer.
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