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Metrodorus of Chios
(flourished c. 350 B.C. - )
Greek philosopher , who lived before Socrates in the 4th century B.C., was an important member of the Atomistic school. He accepted the Democritean theory of atoms and void and the plurality of worlds, but held a theory of his own that the stars are formed from day to day by the moisture in the air under the heat of the sun.
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Science Quotes by Metrodorus of Chios (2 quotes)
It is unnatural in a large field to have only one shaft of wheat, and in the infinite Universe only one living world.
— Metrodorus of Chios
Attributed. Variations of the idea are also seen. As yet, Webmaster has been unable to find and check a primary source. See 'Hunting the Wild Quote' at www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/?p=3894.
None of us knows anything, not even whether we know or do not know, nor do we know whether not knowing and knowing exist, nor in general whether there is anything or not.
— Metrodorus of Chios
R. J. Hankinson, The Sceptics (1995), 53. Cited as "M 7 88, DL 9 58: apparently the opening sentence of his On Nature: Eusebius, Praep. Ev. 14 18 9".
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
