heraclitus

  • Thread starter Deleted member 13905
  • Start date
When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix,(1942-1970)
 
I remember when I was younger and found a ton of these quotes from Herakleitos. Turns out that almost all of them are invented, misquoted or misattributed unfortunately.
not unlike the rubaiyat of omar khayyam...
pretty much everyone agrees that the 101 quatrains translated by fitzgerald are genuine,
but there are loads more that might or might not be originals.
the victorians had a proclivity for invention so we'll never know.

which leaves the question -
if they give people pleasure does it matter either way?
for scholars, maybe.
for us lot, probably not.
 
it is reported in the bible thing by a bloke called john
that christ's last words were
"consummatum est"
though fuck knows why he'd be speaking latin.

it is reported in the old hebrew texts
(the manuscripts that the bible thing was somewhat based upon)
when some of his followers said "look, he has risen again"
mary magdalene said "you're not jesus, you are the gardener!"
 

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top
  AdBlock Detected
Bluemoon relies on advertising to pay our hosting fees. Please support the site by disabling your ad blocking software to help keep the forum sustainable. Thanks.