Ethiopians say that their gods are snubnosed and black Thracians that they are pale and red-haired. - Xenophanes

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Ethiopians say that their gods are snubnosed and black
Thracians that they are pale and red-haired.

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About Xenophanes

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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One must be a sage to recognize a sage.

The gods did riot: enrich man
with a knowledge of all things
from the beginning of life.
Yet man seeks, and in time
invents what may be better.

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