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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

412	If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes]
	Full Idea: If God had not created yellow honey, men would say that figs were sweeter.
	From: Xenophanes (fragments/reports [c.530 BCE], B38), quoted by Herodian - On Peculiar Speech 41.5