Democritus
Democritus
Democrituswas an influential Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe...
mean men enemy
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
mean desire
Good means not merely not to do wrong, but rather not to desire to do wrong.
mean men finding-happiness
Men find happiness neither by means of the body nor through possessions, but through uprightness and wisdom.
lying science reality
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
men giving useless
Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.
soul intellect
Soul and intellect are just the same things.
contentment deeds ifs
If you would know contentment, let your deeds be few.
science virtue all-things
All things happen by virtue of necessity.
wise men good-man
To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.
sweet reality color
Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist
hard-work good-things accord
The good things of life are produced by learning with hard work; the bad are reaped of their own accord, without hard work.
sweet truth real
By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention colour is colour. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.
sweet reality thinking
We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
life men vaccines
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.