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

Xenophanes

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Topic

Curiosity Discovery Seeking Progress God and man

Author

Xenophanes

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

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Turkey Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, F19 - DK21B18.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, F19 - DK21 B18.

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