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But if horses or cattle or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the works that men can do, horses would draw the forms of th… - Xenophanes
" "But if horses or cattle or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the works that men can do, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make their bodies such as they had themselves.
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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
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Xenophanes of Colophon
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Additional quotes by Xenophanes
1
Man made his gods, and furnished them
with his own body, voice, and garments.
2
If a horse or lion or a slow ox
had agile hands for paint and sculpture,
the horse would make his god a horse,
the ox would sculpt an ox.
3
Our gods have flat noses and black skins
say the Ethiopians. The Thracians say
our gods have red hair and hazel eyes.
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