No road reaches the edge of the soul.
Heraclitus, Fragment 71
The source
"No road reaches the edge of the soul." Heraclitus said it in Fragment 71. Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
"You will not find the boundaries of soul by traveling in any direction, so deep is the measure of it"John Burnet, 1920, Fragment 71.
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 "No road reaches the edge of the soul."?
- Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment 71.
- What is the original wording?
- You will not find the boundaries of soul by traveling in any direction, so deep is the measure of it (John Burnet, 1920). Translated by John Burnet, 1920.
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