Democritus Quotes on Knowledge
Democritus of Abdera was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of the fifth and early fourth centuries BC, regarded with his teacher Leucippus as a co-founder of the atomist tradition in Greek thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Democritus on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Democritus:
“By convention sweet, by convention bitter; by convention hot, by convention cold; in reality, atoms and void.”
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Attributed to Democritus:
“It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.”
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Attributed to Democritus:
“Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil.”
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Attributed to Democritus:
“It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.”