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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B74

Carrier fragment 76 of 145

Canonical reference 22B74

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

- - οὐ δεῖ 〈ὡς〉 παῖδας τοκεώνων, τοῦτ’ ἔστι κατὰ ψιλόν· καθότι παρειλήφαμεν.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

One must not act 〈like〉 children of one's parents, that is, simply according to what we have received.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Il ne faut pas faire 〈comme〉 les enfants de ses parents, c’est-à-dire, tout simplement : « comme nous l’avons reçu par tradition ».

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