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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B81

Carrier fragment 83 of 145

Canonical reference 22B81

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

ἡ δὲ τῶν ῥητόρων εἰσαγωγὴ πάντα τὰ θεωρήματα πρὸς τοῦτ’ ἔχει τείνοντα καὶ κατὰ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον κοπίδων ἐστὶν ἀρχηγός.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

The rhetoricians' handbook has all its precepts tending toward this end and, according to Heraclitus, is the founder of swindlers.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

L’introduction des rhéteurs fait tendre tous ses enseignements vers ce but et, selon Héraclite, elle est l’initiatrice des imposteurs.

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