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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B40

Carrier fragment 40 of 145

Canonical reference 22B40

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

πολυμαθίη νόον ἔχειν οὐ διδάσκει· Ἡσίοδον γὰρ ἂν ἐδίδαξε καὶ Πυθαγόρην αὖτίς τε Ξενοφάνεά τε καὶ Ἑκαταῖον.

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

Much learning does not teach one to possess understanding. Otherwise it would have taught Hesiod and Pythagoras, and again Xenophanes and Hecataeus.

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

L’érudition n’enseigne pas à avoir de l’intelligence. Autrement, elle l’aurait enseigné à Hésiode et à Pythagore, puis encore à Xénophane et à Hécatée.

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B40

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