Heraclitus, Fragment 95
The source
"Awake, we share one world." Heraclitus said it in Fragment 95. Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
"The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own"John Burnet, 1920, Fragment 95.
Who said it
Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Philosopher of Ephesus who taught that everything flows. Only fragments of his book survive.
Questions
- Who said "Awake, we share one world."?
- Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment 95.
- What is the original wording?
- The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own (John Burnet, 1920). Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
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