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''The gods have not revealed all things to men from the beginning, but by seeking they find in time what is better.'' Xenophanes.

''The gods have not revealed all things to men from the beginning, but by seeking they find in time what is better.'' Xenophanes.

''My view is, to sum it all up, that all things are differentiations of the same thing, and are the same thing. And this is obvious; for, if the things which are now in this world--earth, and water, and air and fire, and the other things which we see existing in this world--if any one of these things, I say, were different from any other, different, that is, by having a substance peculiar to itself; and if it were not the same thing that is often changed and differentiated, then things could not in any way mix with one another, nor could they do one another good or harm. Neither could a plant grow out of the earth, nor any animal nor anything else come into being unless things were composed in such a way as to be the same. But all these things arise from the same thing; they are differentiated and take different forms at different times, and return again to the same thing.'' [[Diogenes]].

''Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.'' [[Thales]].

''As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.'' [[Socrates]].

''As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.'' [[Socrates]].

''Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.''

''Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.''

[[Aristotle]].  

[[Aristotle]].

 

''My view is, to sum it all up, that all things are differentiations of the same thing, and are the same thing. And this is obvious; for, if the things which are now in this world--earth, and water, and air and fire, and the other things which we see existing in this world--if any one of these things, I say, were different from any other, different, that is, by having a substance peculiar to itself; and if it were not the same thing that is often changed and differentiated, then things could not in any way mix with one another, nor could they do one another good or harm. Neither could a plant grow out of the earth, nor any animal nor anything else come into being unless things were composed in such a way as to be the same. But all these things arise from the same thing; they are differentiated and take different forms at different times, and return again to the same thing.'' [[Diogenes]].

== See also ==

== See also ==