provide the young hull Apis with a chattering tongue. Rut, standing sideways by him, it licked his rohe, by which it plainly prophesied " you shall soon die." Whereupon, soon after, this fate overtook him, when he had seen fifty-three risings of the Pleiades. Eudoxus used to be called Endoxos (illustrious) instead of Eudoxus by reason of his brilliant reputation. Having now dealt with the famous Pythagoreans, let us next discuss the so-called " sporadic " philosophers. And first we must speak of Heraclitus.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Heraclitus — a candidate entry
Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Volume II (Books VI-X), Diogenes Laertius — translated by R. D. Hicks, 1925
Apparatus shelf — Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. II (R. D. Hicks translation, Loeb L185) · R. D. Hicks, Loeb Classical Library, London: William Heinemann / New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, MCMXXV (1925)
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