It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of… — Pindar · Skopia

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It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of the gods.

438 BC

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Inscrutability of God God's plan

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438 BC Classical antiquity

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Pindar. Fragment 61. c. 418 BC.

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