“In reality we know nothing; for the truth lies in the abyss.” ἐτεῇ δὲ οὐδὲν ἴδμεν: ἐν βυθῷ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια. These words were spoken, it is said, by Greek philosopher Democritus, to which attests Diogenes Laertius in his Lives of Eminent Philosophers. The Greek word bythôi (βυθῷ), a form of “bythos” or “buthos” (βυθός), implies […]