Heraclitus, Fragment 55 (D 78)
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"Unlike divine nature, human nature lacks sound judgements." (here Waterfield 2; cp. DK B78, W 61, K 55)
"Human character has...
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Heraclitus, Fragment 1 (Sent. 2, 3)
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The second sentence of Heraclitus' first fragment (in the Waterfield translation, DK B1) reads:
"For although everything happens in accordance with...
Heraclitus Fragment 1 (Sent. 1)
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"But of this principle, which holds forever, people prove ignorant, not only before they hear it, but also once they...
Heraclitus, Fragment 2 (D 34)
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“Having heard without comprehension they are like the deaf; this saying bears witness to them: present they are absent” (here...
Heraclitus, Fragment 3 (D 2)
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"And so one ought to follow what is common. Although the principle is common, the majority of people live as...