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Even a good drink separates if you stop stirring.

Heraclitus, Fragment B125 (Diels-Kranz)

The source

"Even a good drink separates if you stop stirring." Heraclitus said it in Fragment B125 (Diels-Kranz). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"καὶ ὁ κυκεὼν διίσταται μὴ κινούμενος."

Original Greek, Fragment B125 (Diels-Kranz). Greek: Diels-Kranz fragment text via el.wikisource.

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 "Even a good drink separates if you stop stirring."?
Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment B125 (Diels-Kranz).
What is the original Greek?
καὶ ὁ κυκεὼν διίσταται μὴ κινούμενος. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Filed under Water.

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