“We cannot know of the gods whether they exist or do not exist, or of what sort they are. Much prevents: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.”
Protagoras, “On Gods,” in Diels-Krantz, Die Vorsokratiker (Berlin, 1951)
[Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (Berlin, 1903, 6th ed., rev. by Walther Kranz (Berlin: Weidmann, 1952; the editions after the 6th are mainly reprints with little or no change.)]
We cannot know of poems, what they mean or do not mean, or of what sort they are. Much prevents: the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.
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