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“Never will this prevail, that the things that are not are — bar your thought from this road of inquiry.”

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Parmenides, born in 502 BC, was a renowned Greek philosopher whose ideas had a profound impact on the history of Western philosophy. He is best known for his doctrine of being, which states that 'Being is' and 'Non-being is not.' Parmenides' philosophy laid the groundwork for subsequent discussions on existence and essence, particularly influencing thinkers like Plato and Aristotle. more

“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair. “If oxen and horses and lions had hands and were able to draw with their hands and do the same things as men, horses would draw the shapes of gods to look like horses and oxen would draw them to look like oxen, and each would make the gods' bodies have the same shape as they themselves had.”

Ifs Men Looks Body Hands Eye Able Black Hair Shapes Draws Red Horse Blue Flats Lions Blue Eyes Red Hair Oxen

Author:Xenophanes

“For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.”

Ends Matter Earth Science Becoming All Things Soil

Author:Xenophanes

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

Men God Body Mortals

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“The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.”

Light Eye Black Atheism Hair Red Blue Positive Atheism Blue Eyes Red Hair Light Blue

Author:Xenophanes

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