For all things are from the earth and to the earth all thin… - Xenophanes

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For all things are from the earth and to the earth all things come in the end.

Xenophanes

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Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος, Xenophánes; 570 – 480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations by later Greek writers.

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Native Name: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος

Alternative Names: Xenophanes of Colophon

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Everything comes from the earth,
and everything ends in the earth.

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One day a dog was being thrashed in the street,
and behold, Pythagoras, philosopher of spirits,
was walking by.
His heart was in his mouth
for the poor pup.
'Stop! Stop!' he cried.
'Don't beat him any more.
This is my dear friend's soul.
I recognize the voice when I hear him bark.

But if cattle and horses and lions had hands
or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do,
horses like horses and cattle like cattle
also would depict the gods' shapes and make their bodies
of such a sort as the form they themselves have.

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.

For all things are from the earth and to the earth all things come in the end. - Xenophanes

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