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Single Idea 412

[from 'fragments/reports' by Xenophanes, in 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism ]

Full Idea

If God had not created yellow honey, men would say that figs were sweeter.

Gist of Idea

If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter

Source

Xenophanes (fragments/reports [c.530 BCE], B38), quoted by Herodian - On Peculiar Speech 41.5

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.24