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τοῦ λόγου δὲ ἐόντος ξυνοῦ ζώουσιν οἱ πολλοί ὡς ἰδίαν ἔχοντες φρόνησιν I. p. 77. Fr. 2.
Although logos [knowledge or reason] is common, the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own
ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή I. p. 89 Fr. 60.
The way upward and the way downward is one and the same
H. A. Diels: Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (Herakleitos)
The Fragments of the Presocratics (Heraclitus)
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