The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know things better. But as for certain truth no man knows it, nor shall he know it, neither of the Gods nor yet of all things that I speak. For even if by chance he were to utter The Final Truth, he would himself not know it: for all is but a woven web of guesses.
XenophanesIf oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image.
XenophanesThis upper limit, of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air, but below it reaches to infinity
XenophanesIn the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find them out better.
XenophanesHomer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.
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