Parmenidean Fragments, 16

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Burnet translation

16For just as thought finds at any time the mixture of its erring organs, so does it come to men; for that which thinks is the same, namely, the substance of the limbs, in each and every man; for their thought is that of which there is more in them.

Greek text: Diels edition

16ὡς γὰρ ἑκάστοτ᾽ ἔχει κρᾶσιν μελέων πολυπλάγκτων,

τὼς νόος ἀνθρώποισι παρίσταται· τὸ γὰρ αὐτό

ἔστιν ὅπερ φρονέει μελέων φύσις ἀνθρώποισιν

καὶ πᾶσιν καὶ παντί· τὸ γὰρ πλέον ἐστὶ νόημα.