Men always makes gods in their own image.
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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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Xenophanes (5)
Birth: | 570 BC |
Death: | 480 BC |
Nationality: | Greek |
Profession: | Philosopher, Poet, Theologian |
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Xenophanes of Colophon was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and social and religious critic. Xenophanes lived a life of travel, having left Ionia at the age of 25 and continuing to travel throughout the Greek world for another 67 years.
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