Xenophanes Quotes

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

God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
Xenophanes

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes

Men create the gods in their own image.
Xenophanes

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

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Xenophanes Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 570 BC Year of Death: 480 BC Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Xenophanes Related Authors: Socrates Aristotle Plato Plutarch Epictetus Epicurus Anaxagoras Heraclitus	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 God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought. Xenophanes It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. Xenophanes Men create the gods in their own image. Xenophanes 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