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Heraclitus›Fragments›Full Text›Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of 13

Fragments 51–60

~1 min read · 191 words

LI. Asses would choose stubble rather than gold.

LII. Sea water is very pure and very foul, for, while to fishes it is drinkable and healthful, to men it is hurtful and unfit to drink.

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Fragments 41–50

Fragments 61–70

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Fragments

Heraclitus

500 BC

AuthorHeraclitus

Published500 BC

BranchesMetaphysics, Ontology

Chapters13

Heraclitus wrote a single work, now lost, of which about 130 fragments survive quoted by later authors. Dense and deliberately paradoxical, the Fragments lay out a vision of reality as ceaseless change governed by an underlying rational principle.

Chapters

1Fragments 1–10

2

Fragments 11–20

3Fragments 21–30

4Fragments 31–40

5Fragments 41–50

6Fragments 51–60

7Fragments 61–70

8Fragments 71–80

9Fragments 81–90

10Fragments 91–100

11Fragments 101–110

12Fragments 111–120

13Fragments 121–130