Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Catherine Osborne

Author:Catherine Osborne [Osborne, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf, mobi
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-04-21T16:00:00+00:00

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Xenophanes . . . says that everything is unknowable, when he writes:

‘And the clear truth no man has seen nor will there be anyone

in a position of knowing concerning the gods and the things I say about everything:

for even if he hit the mark, saying things that are spot on the truth,

yet still he does not himself know; but belief extends across all.’

Sextus Empiricus, Adv Math, 7.49, quoting

Xenophanes, fragment 34

Box 13: Getting things right is not the same as knowing.

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