From the same foundation that Heraclitus and this sentence of his had, "that all things had in them those forms that we discern," Democritus drew quite a contrary conclusion,-"that objects have in them nothing that we discern in them;" and because honey is sweet to one and bitter to another, he thence argued that it was neither sweet nor bitter.
Heraklitok zeukan funts horretarik beretik, eta gauza guztiek beren baitan zeuzkatela aurkitzen diren itxurak bere zuhurtitz horretarik, Demokritok osoki ondorio kontrako bat ateratzen zuen, gauzakiek ez zeukatela guk aurkitzen genuenetik ezer, eta eztia bati ezti eta beste bati mingots zitzaionetik, argudiatzen zuen ez zela ez ezti, ez mingots. Pirroniarrek esanen lukete ez dakitela ezti ala mingots den, edo ez bata ez bestea, edo biak: