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PITHY QUOTE FROM Presocratic Writings
δεῖ γὰρ τὸν χαρίεντα μήτε ῥυπᾶν μήτε αὐχμεῖν μήτε βορβόρωι χαίρειν καθ' Ἡράκλειτον.
The Presocratic Writings Hêracleitus of Ephesus - B: Extant Original Fragments
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Heraclitus of Ephesus (535-475 BC). Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher.
Portrait head. Bronze. From Herculaneum. Villa of the Papry. |
Volume 1: Transcription of the famous collection of Presocratic thinkers in ninety chapters, originally edited by H. Diels and W. Kranz (Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, ed. by H. Diels-W. Kranz, 3 vols., Weidmann, Berlin, 1958). Volume 2: Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers. A complete translation of the fragments of the pre-Socratic philosophers given in the fifth edition of Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker by Kathleen Freeman. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1948. NotesPlease note that all B fragments from the Diels and Kranz edition are linked to the Freeman translation, and vice-versa. |
Impressive care has been taken in establishing these texts. |
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