Thales

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Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (1906), pp. 11; historical ancient running text. View original source ↗

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German wording transcribed and checked against the printed 1906 edition, p. 11; line-end hyphenation and page breaks are joined. The matching original identifies the portion translated. Consult the cited edition for surrounding source context

This is the German rendering of the work title only. The ancient reports concerning authorship are outside its scope

German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906) Published translation ↗

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All existing modern-language translation text is preserved. The same quoted ancient passage remains paired.

The paired ancient words were checked directly against the historical 1906 scan. Current translation wording is unchanged; abbreviation expansion, punctuation and iota-adscript/subscript are normalized.

Additional source context is not reproduced here because its complete text has not been checked against the cited historical edition. The paired ancient text and historical translation are retained.

Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (1906), pp. 11; historical ancient running text. View original source ↗

Original edition: Historical original edition: public domain under the recorded term review.

German wording transcribed and checked against the printed 1906 edition, p. 11; line-end hyphenation and page breaks are joined. The matching original identifies the portion translated. Consult the cited edition for surrounding source context

The 1906 edition numbers this Thales B2; identification with modern DK11 B3 is by the Galen quotation, not by the older number. Diels places it among alleged fragments and calls it a late forgery. The introductory Galen carrier is outside this translation

German · Hermann Diels · Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2. Auflage, Band I (1906) Published translation ↗

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Complete notice on the two works attributed to Thales, including his judgement about the other subjects

All existing modern-language translation text is preserved. The same quoted ancient passage remains paired.

The paired ancient words were checked directly against the historical 1906 scan. Current translation wording is unchanged; abbreviation expansion, punctuation and iota-adscript/subscript are normalized.

Additional source context is not reproduced here because its complete text has not been checked against the cited historical edition. The paired ancient text and historical translation are retained.

Hermann Diels, Die Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 2nd edition, volume I (1906), pp. 11; historical ancient running text. View original source ↗

English: R. D. Hicks · Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers, vol. I, Loeb Classical Library (1925), I.23 Published translation ↗

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