Diodorus Cronus Quotes on Truth
Diodorus Cronus was a Greek philosopher of the Dialectical school descended from the Megarians and one of the most important logicians of the early Hellenistic age. This page collects quotes attributed to Diodorus Cronus on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Diodorus Cronus:
“Only what is or will be is possible.”
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Attributed to Diodorus Cronus:
“What never will be is not possible.”
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Attributed to Diodorus Cronus:
“Motion is impossible, for the moving thing is neither in the place where it is nor in the place where it is not.”
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Attributed to Diodorus Cronus:
“The future, if it is to be at all, must already be necessary.”
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Attributed to Diodorus Cronus:
“A conditional is true when it is impossible for the antecedent to hold and the consequent to fail.”