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The gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking… — Xenophanes

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

The gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve.

Xenophanes
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Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, F19 - DK21 B18.
Original citation
Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, F19 - DK21B18.

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