“There is nothing more ancient than the truth.”
René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
“Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created”
— Thales
As quoted in Love and Live Or Kill and Die: Realities of the Destruction of Human Life (2009) by James H. Wilson, p. 72
Variants:
Strongest is Necessity because it governs all things.
As quoted in Symbolism of the Sphere: A Contribution to the History of Earlier Greek Philosophy (1977), by Otto Brendel p. 36
Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.
As quoted in Business Management Controls: A Guide (2012) by John Kyriazoglou, p. 55
Context: Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created; nothing more beautiful than the world, it is the work of that same God; nothing is more active than thought, for it flies over the whole universe; nothing is stronger than necessity, for all must submit to it.
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Nothing is more ancient than God, for He was never created" by Thales?
Thales9
ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician -624–-547 BCRelated quotes
Anton LaVey book The Satanic Bible
The Satanic Bible (1969)
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
7 July 1838
1830s, The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1830s
Source: The Journals of Kierkegaard
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) author, critic and playwright from the United States
My Literary Passions (1895)
“There's nothing more addictive than being a god.”
Kevin Kelly (1952) American author and editor
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World (1995)
“At bottom God is nothing more than an exalted father.”
Sigmund Freud book Totem and Taboo
Totem and Taboo : Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics (1913)
1910s
Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982) American poet, writer, anarchist, academic and conscientious objector
"Home Schooling and Indian Lore"
An Autobiographical Novel (1991)
Frank Wilczek (1951) physicist
Quoted in an article, "Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?" http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/why_is_there_something_rather_than_nothing, by Victor Stenger (June 2006).