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A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one. — Heraclitus

Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

In the original Greek

ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων.

Heraclitus
475 BC
★ 2.1
Provenance
Current citation
Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Original citation
Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B54.

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