Democritus Quotes about Reality

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We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

Lying, Science, Reality

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, Reality, Thinking

We know nothing accurately in reality, but [only] as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon [the body] and impinge upon it.

Democritus

Reality, Body, Flow

"Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 142), 1948.

Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist

Democritus

Sweet, Reality, Color

Democritus Quotes about Reality

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