8154 | Originally there must have been just Existence, which could not come from non-existence [Anon (Upan)] |
1746 | The parts of all things are susceptible to change, but the whole is unchangeable [Anaximander, by Diog. Laertius] |
420 | The cosmos is eternal not created, and is an ever-living and changing fire [Heraclitus] |
456 | Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus] |
16595 | If each thing can cease to be, why hasn't absolutely everything ceased to be long ago? [Aristotle] |
5083 | Do things come to be from what is, or from what is not? Both seem problematical. [Aristotle] |
20827 | The cosmos is regularly consumed and reorganised by the primary fire [Stoic school, by Aristocles] |
5694 | Nothing can be created by divine power out of nothing [Lucretius] |