Posidonius Quotes on Nature
Posidonius of Apamea was a Greek Stoic philosopher, polymath, and one of the most learned men of antiquity. This page collects quotes attributed to Posidonius on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Posidonius:
“All things are connected, since the world is a single living thing.”
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Attributed to Posidonius:
“The cosmos is a perfect rational animal.”
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Attributed to Posidonius:
“Time is the measure of motion in respect of before and after.”
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“When men were scattered over the earth, protected by eaves or by the dug-out shelter of a cliff or by the trunk of a hollow tree, it was philosophy that taught them to build houses.”
As quoted in Epistulae morales ad Lucilium by Seneca , Epistle XC (trans. R. M. Gummere)