The original fragment of Heraclitus reads Πολυμαθίη νόον έχειν οὐ διδάσκει [...] In direct translation, "erudite mind (having) does not teach", or "Erudition (great learnedness) [alone] does not produce right judgment (understanding) [...]"https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday/status/1042065833684545538 …
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The continuation of the fragment is a condemnation, SITG style, of Pythagoras et al. "[..]Ἡσίοδον γὰρ ἂν ἐδίδαξε καὶ Πυθαγόρην αὖτίς τε Ξενοφάνεά τε καὶ Ἑκαταῖον." "(For if it did) Then it would have taught it to Pythagoras, Hesiod, Xenophanes and Hecataeus"
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