“…nothing is stronger than true reality.”

— Melissus of Samos

Fragments of Melissus's On Nature, Fragment 8

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Τοῦ γὰρ ἐόντος ἀληθινοῦ κρεῖσσον οὐδέν.

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Eleatic philosopher -470–-430 BC

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