Democritus Quotes About Reality
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By convention sweet is sweet, by convention bitter is bitter, by convention hot is hot, by convention cold is cold, by convention color is color. But in reality there are atoms and the void. That is, the objects of sense are supposed to be real and it is customary to regard them as such, but in truth they are not. Only the atoms and the void are real.
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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
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Sweet exists by convention, bitter by convention, color by convention; but in reality atoms and the void alone exist
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We know nothing in reality; for truth lies in an abyss.
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We think there is color, we think there is sweet, we think there is bitter, but in reality there are atoms and a void.
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We know nothing accurately in reality, but [only] as it changes according to the bodily condition, and the constitution of those things that flow upon [the body] and impinge upon it.
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