Democritus
Democritus
Democrituswas an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe...
sweet reality color
Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist
sweet truth real
By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.
sweet reality thinking
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
sweet order atoms
According to convention there is a sweet and a bitter, a hot and a cold, and according to convention, there is an order. In truth, there are atoms and a void.
excess bitter sweetest
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.
treasure extensions
No power and no treasure can outweigh the extension of our knowledge.
lying science reality
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
men giving useless
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
soul intellect
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
contentment deeds ifs
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
science differences three
These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.
science virtue all-things
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
mean men enemy
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
lacking knows
There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.