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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B37

Carrier fragment 37 of 145

Canonical reference 22B37

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Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

si modo credimus Ephesio Heracleto qui ait sues caeno , cohortales aves pulvere vel cinere lavari.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

If, that is, we believe Heraclitus of Ephesus, who says that pigs wash in mud, and farmyard birds in dust or ashes.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Si du moins nous en croyons Héraclite d’Éphèse, qui dit que les porcs se lavent dans la boue, et les oiseaux de basse-cour dans la poussière ou la cendre.

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