10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
411 | If we succeed in speaking the truth, we cannot know we have done it [Xenophanes] |
412 | If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
21997 | In Marxism the state will be superseded [Singer] |
21993 | Materialist history says we are subject to incomprehensible forces [Singer] |
1640 | The basic Eleatic belief was that all things are one [Xenophanes, by Plato] |
3055 | Xenophanes said the essence of God was spherical and utterly inhuman [Xenophanes, by Diog. Laertius] |
408 | Ethiopian gods have black hair, and Thracian gods have red hair [Xenophanes] |
407 | Mortals believe gods are born, and have voices and clothes just like mortals [Xenophanes] |