Saturday, March 01, 2008
Thought of the Day
οἱ γοῦν ἰατροί...τέμνοντες καίοντες πάντη βασανίζοντες κακῶς τοὺς ἀρρωστοῦντας ἐπαιτιῶνται μηδέν' ἄξιον μισθὸν λαμβάνειν παρὰ τῶν ἀρρωστούντων, ταῦτα ἐργαζόμενοι τὰ ἀγαθὰ καὶ †τὰς νόσους.†
Heraclitus of Ephesus
The physicians...cutting, cauterizing, and in every way torturing the sick, complain that the patients do not pay them fitting reward for thus effecting these good things-- †and sufferings†.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
The physicians...cutting, cauterizing, and in every way torturing the sick, complain that the patients do not pay them fitting reward for thus effecting these good things-- †and sufferings†.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thought of the Day
Ἀνθρώπους μένει τελευτήσαντας ἅσσα οὐκ ἔλπονται οὐδὲ δοκέουσι.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
There awaits men after death what they neither hope nor think.
Ouch! This was of course before Jesus redeemed us. I hope I don't go to Hell, but think it will be a violet light and a buzzing noise forever. So I got that covered.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
There awaits men after death what they neither hope nor think.
Ouch! This was of course before Jesus redeemed us. I hope I don't go to Hell, but think it will be a violet light and a buzzing noise forever. So I got that covered.
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Thought of the Day
Ποταμοῖσι τοῖσι αὐτοῖσι ἐμβαίνομέν τε καὶ οὐκ ἐμβαίνομεν, εἶμέν τε καὶ οὐκ εἶμεν.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
Into the same river we both step and do not step. We both are and are not.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
Into the same river we both step and do not step. We both are and are not.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
Thought of the Day
Ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
The way upward and downward are one and the same.
This one needs a bit of an explanation due to the 25 centuries which have passed since he said this. The cynics believed in four elements in every object--earth, water, air, and fire--and that list went from lowest to highest, and further that things changed as the mixture of the four was changed. Heraclitus is saying that change up, from more earthy to more airy, for example, was the same as the change down, from more firey to more watery. They were both change. At least that's what I think he means.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
The way upward and downward are one and the same.
This one needs a bit of an explanation due to the 25 centuries which have passed since he said this. The cynics believed in four elements in every object--earth, water, air, and fire--and that list went from lowest to highest, and further that things changed as the mixture of the four was changed. Heraclitus is saying that change up, from more earthy to more airy, for example, was the same as the change down, from more firey to more watery. They were both change. At least that's what I think he means.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Thought of the Day
Νέος ἐφ' ἡμέρῃ ἥλιος.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
The sun is new every day.
Heraclitus of Ephasus
The sun is new every day.
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