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No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they had done so.
Xenophanes
Truth
,
Human
,
Done
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes
Wise
,
Takes
,
Recognize
God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
Xenophanes
God
,
Men
,
Greatest
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can do, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make their bodies such as they each had themselves.
Xenophanes
Work
,
Men
,
Able
Men create the gods in their own image.
Xenophanes
Men
,
Create
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Image
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Biography
Nationality:
Greek
Type:
Philosopher
Born: 570 BC
Died: 480 BC
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