Gorgias

On Non-Being or On Nature

1. Nothing exists.

2. Even if something did exist, it would be incomprehensible to human beings.

3. Even if someone could comprehend what exists, it could not be explained or communicated to anyone else.

---

From: Drew A. Hyland, The Origins of Philosophy: From Myth to Meaning, (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973) p.324.

 

Introduction and e-text copyright 2005 by David W. Koeller timemaster@thenagain.info. All rights reserved.