Critical edition · Essential works
Fragments (Diels-Kranz 22 B 1–126)
Ἡρακλείτου ἀποσπάσματα (DK 22 B)
The corpus of verbatim quotations that modern philology ascribes to Heraclitus, some 125 sentences grouped as DK 22 B, together with the indirect testimonies (DK 22 A). They come from authors who quoted them for their own purposes: Hippolytus of Rome (who transmits B1 and the series B50–B67), Clement of Alexandria, Plutarch, Sextus Empiricus, Diogenes Laertius, Stobaeus, Marcus Aurelius, Porphyry, Origen and others. Each quotation raises problems of delimitation—where Heraclitus' sentence ends and paraphrase begins—and of dialect. Later editions (Marcovich 1967, Kahn 1979, Mouraviev 1999–2011, Laks and Most 2016) rearrange the material, but the DK reference remains universal.
Authorship note
The sentences are Heraclitus'; the collection, its numbering and its arrangement are Hermann Diels's (1903), revised by Walther Kranz. Numbers B 126a–139 collect doubtful or spurious fragments, and some accepted ones (B49a, B67a, B89, B115) are debated for their wording or provenance.
Editions and translations
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English
Heraclitus
Early Greek Philosophy, Volume III: Early Ionian Thinkers, Part 2 (Loeb Classical Library 526)
The Conscious LibraryEarly Greek Philosophy, Volume III: Early Ionian Thinkers, Part 2 (Loeb Classical Library 526)
Harvard University Press, 2016
Translation: André Laks y Glenn W. Most
ISBN 9780674996915
Edición bilingüe griego-inglés; contiene a Jenófanes y Heráclito.
Heraclitus
The Texts of Early Greek Philosophy, Part 1
The Conscious LibraryThe Texts of Early Greek Philosophy, Part 1
Cambridge University Press, 2010
Translation: Daniel W. Graham
ISBN 9780521845915
Texto griego y traducción inglesa de los fragmentos completos.
Heraclitus
Heraclitus. Greek Text with a Short Commentary (Editio maior)
The Conscious LibraryHeraclitus. Greek Text with a Short Commentary (Editio maior)
Universidad de los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela), 1967
Translation: Miroslav Marcovich
Edición crítica con comentario; sin ISBN.
Latín
Heraclitus
Heracliti Ephesii reliquiae
The Conscious LibraryHeracliti Ephesii reliquiae
Clarendon Press / Internet Archive, 1877
Translation: Ingram Bywater (ed.)
Texto griego con aparato en latín; incluye las cartas apócrifas. Dominio público.
Deutsch
Heraclitus
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch (1.ª ed.)
The Conscious LibraryDie Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch (1.ª ed.)
Weidmannsche Buchhandlung / Internet Archive, 1903
Translation: Hermann Diels
Primera edición, origen de la numeración. Dominio público.
Heraclitus
Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch (6.ª ed.)
The Conscious LibraryDie Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, griechisch und deutsch (6.ª ed.)
Weidmann, 1951
Translation: Hermann Diels y Walther Kranz
Edición de referencia; numerosas reimpresiones (Weidmann, 2005, en tres volúmenes).
Français
Heraclitea: édition critique complète des témoignages sur la vie et l'œuvre d'Héraclite d'Éphèse et des vestiges de son livre
Academia Verlag, 1999
Translation: Serge N. Mouraviev
ISBN 9783896651341
Edición crítica en varias partes (1999–2011); el ISBN corresponde a la parte II.A.1.
Other works by Heraclitus
Sources
- Diels, Hermann y Kranz, Walther. Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 6.ª ed., 3 vols. Weidmann, Berlín, 1951–1952; cap. 22 (Heraklit), A (testimonios) y B (fragmentos 1–126, más los dudosos y espurios). Texto griego de los fragmentos B consultado en la transcripción de Wikisource en griego.
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