In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth. — Democritus
In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth.
In the original Greek
ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν: ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 240
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Pyrrho. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk 9, ch. 11, sect. 72.
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Pyrrho. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 9, ch. 11, sect. 72.
