Kanada Quotes on Nature
Kanada was an Indian philosopher and the founder of the Vaiseshika school of orthodox Hindu philosophy, traditionally dated to the second or third century BC, whose Vaiseshika Sutras laid out one of the earliest systematic atomist and naturalist philosophies in any tradition. This page collects quotes attributed to Kanada on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Kanada:
“Whatever exists falls under one of six categories: substance, quality, motion, universal, particular, or inherence.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“The world we see is the gross result of imperceptible atoms in motion.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“What is composite is impermanent; what is atomic is permanent.”
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Attributed to Kanada:
“Distinct things are distinct because they have particularities at the foundation of their being.”