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Heraclitus B42

B42

fragment
Recorded

Diels–Kranz fragment number B42 of Heraclitus

B42 is a modern catalogue stamp (Diels–Kranz). Heraclitus did not number his sentences 42.

What it supports

A designation in a 20th-century edition. The Book files it as a neighbor, labeled as edition-number.

What it does not

Not an ancient 42. Catalogue position is not authorship.

ExactnessCatalogue position

Form42

Unitfragment

Strengthattested

Source

Diels–Kranz, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, Heraclitus B42

Owner

The Book of 42