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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B124

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Canonical reference 22B124

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

ἄλογον δὲ κἀκεῖνο δόξειεν ἄν, εἰ ὁ μὲν ὅλος οὐρανὸς καὶ ἕκαστα τῶν μερῶν ἅπαντ’ ἐν τάξει καὶ λόγωι, καὶ μορφαῖς καὶ δυνάμεσιν καὶ περιόδοις, ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἀρχαῖς μηθὲν τοιοῦτον, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ σάρμα εἰκῇ κεχυμένον ὁ κάλλιστος, φησὶν Ἡράκλειτος, [ὁ] κόσμος.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-14

That too would seem irrational: if the whole heaven and every one of its parts are all ordered according to arrangement and reason, and in forms, powers, and cycles, yet nothing of the kind exists in the first principles, but “the most beautiful cosmos,” Heraclitus says, is “like sweepings scattered at random.”

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-14

Il semblerait également absurde que le ciel entier et chacune de ses parties soient tous ordonnés selon un ordre et une raison, avec des formes, des puissances et des révolutions, tandis que rien de tel ne se trouverait dans les principes, mais que, « tel un amas de balayures répandu au hasard, [le] plus beau monde », dit Héraclite.

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