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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B26

Carrier fragment 26 of 145

Canonical reference 22B26

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

ἄνθρωπος ἐν εὐφρόνηι φάος ἅπτεται ἑαυτῶι ἀποθανών, [ἀποσβεσθεὶς ὄψεις], ζῶν δέ· ἅπτεται τεθνεῶτος εὕδων, ἀποσβεσθεὶς ὄψεις, ἐγρηγορὼς ἅπτεται εὕδοντος.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

In the night, a human being kindles a light for himself when dead, [his eyes extinguished], yet living. Sleeping, his eyes extinguished, he touches the dead; awake, he touches the sleeping.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Dans la nuit, l’homme allume pour lui-même une lumière, étant mort, [les yeux éteints], mais vivant ; endormi, les yeux éteints, il touche au mort ; éveillé, il touche au dormeur.

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