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Equality (isonomia) of the powers (wet, dry, cold, hot, bitter, sweet, etc.) maintains health but that monarchy among them produces disease.

Alcmaeon of Croton

Concerning things that are not perceptible [and concerning mortal things] the gods have clarity, but insofar as it is possible for human beings to judge

Variant translation: "About what is invisible, about what is mortal, the gods have clear knowledge, but to us as men, only inference on what is coming is possible."

Alcmaeon of Croton

Human beings perish because they are not able to join their beginning to their end.

Alcmaeon of Croton

All the senses are connected in some way with the brain. As a result, they are incapacitated when it is disturbed or changes its place, for it then stops the channels, through which the senses operate.

Alcmaeon of Croton

Alcmaeon of Croton

Alcmaeon of Croton

Born: 510 BC

Bio: Alcmaeon of Croton was one of the most eminent natural philosophers and medical theorists of antiquity. His father's name was Peirithus. He is said by some to have been a pupil of Pythagoras.

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