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But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work 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 each had themselves.
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Author Details: Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: Greek Philosopher Quotes Year of Birth: 570 BC Year of Death: 480 BC Nationality: Greek Amazon: Xenophanes on Amazon |
Related Authors: Socrates Aristotle Plato Plutarch Epictetus Epicurus Anaxagoras Heraclitus |
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Quote Keywords: Able, Bodies, Cattle, Draw, Each, Forms, Gods, Had, Hands, Horses, Lions, Make, Men, Such, Their, Themselves, Were, Work, Would |
Dictionary Links: Able, Bodies, Cattle, Draw, Each, Had, Make, Men, Such, Their, Themselves, Were, Work, Would |
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