Wednesday, September 11, 2024

 

Hidden Truth

Democritus, fragment 117 (tr. Kathleen Freeman):
We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.

ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν· ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), La Vérité est au fond du puits, at Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. B 1395:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 5:08 AM


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