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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B51

Carrier fragment 52 of 145

Canonical reference 22B51

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

καὶ ὅτι τοῦτο οὐκ ἴσασι πάντες οὐδὲ ὁμολογοῦσιν, ἐπιμέμφεται ὧδέ πως· οὐ ξυνιᾶσιν ὅκως διαφερόμενον ἑωυτῶι ὁμολογέει· παλίντροπος ἁρμονίη ὅκωσπερ τόξου καὶ λύρης.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

And he reproaches everyone for neither knowing nor agreeing with this, somewhat as follows: “They do not understand how, though at variance with itself, it agrees with itself: a back-turning harmony, as of bow and lyre.”

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Et parce que tous ne savent ni ne reconnaissent cela, il leur adresse à peu près ce reproche : « Ils ne comprennent pas comment ce qui diffère s’accorde avec soi-même : harmonie de tensions opposées, comme celle de l’arc et de la lyre. »

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