It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom. Xenophanes More Quotes by Xenophanes More Quotes From Xenophanes Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. Xenophanes discovery science long All men begin their learning with Homer. Xenophanes men If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image. Xenophanes oxen horse atheism The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. Xenophanes pieces each-day fire All things that come into being and grow are earth and water. Xenophanes earth water science But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought. Xenophanes effort god science If horses had Gods, they would look like horses. Xenophanes horse ifs looks The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair. Xenophanes light eye hair ...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For if there should be in the city [any athlete whose skill] is honoured more than strength ... the city would not on that account be any better governed. Xenophanes horse athlete wisdom If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands... Xenophanes horse lions hands For we are all sprung from earth and water Xenophanes earth water science 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 whole hears. But without effort he sets in motion all things by mind and thought. Xenophanes effort mind men 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 like work men hands 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 will know chance truth Men create the gods in their own image. Xenophanes image own create men Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom. Xenophanes better strength wisdom men If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods' bodies the same shape as their own. Xenophanes own feet men hands There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind. Xenophanes body god mind men
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