Quote of Democritus: Those same things from which we...
Biography - Democritus:
Greek philosopher.
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Those same things from which we get good can also be for us a source of hurt, or else we can avoid the hurt. For instance, deep water is useful for many purposes, and yet again harmful; for there is danger of being drowned. A technique has therefore been invented: instruction in swimming.
Note
Fragment 172.
Quote source: Fragments
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: good
Delve within; within is the fountain of good, and it is always ready to bubble up, if you always delve.
Quotes about danger:
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Quotes about water:
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Our deeds, our feelings, our thoughts, and our sensations just happen of themselves, as the rain falls and the water flows along the valley.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
Democritus also said...
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