Parmenidean Fragments

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• John BurnetDefaultBurnet translationThe translation of John Burnet, as printed in John Burnet, Early Greek Philosophy (1908).The car that bears me carried me as far as ever my heart desired, since it brought me and set me on the renowned way of the goddess, which alone leads the man who knows through all things. On that way was I borne along; for on it did the wise steeds carry me,…
• Hermann DielsGreek text: Diels editionFrom Hermann Diels, ed., Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker (3rd ed., 1912), vol. 1.ἵπποι ταί με φέρουσιν, ὅσον τ᾽ ἐπὶ θυμὸς ἱκάνοι,πέμπον, ἐπεί μ᾽ ἐς ὁδὸν βῆσαν πολύφημον ἄγουσαιδαίμονος, ἣ κατὰ πάντ᾽ ἄστη φέρει εἰδότα φῶτα·τῇ φερόμην· τῇ γάρ με πολύφραστοι φέρον ἵπποιἅρμα τιταίνουσαι, κοῦραι δ᾽ ὁδὸν ἡγεμόνευον.ἄξων δ᾽ ἐν χνοίῃσιν ἵει…
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