I ordered three books from amazon.com but only two have shown up. Both are the works of Heraclitus called fragments. True to the time before science ruled the world and books not handy to the common man, Heraclitus spoke in rhythmic phrase and greek, so any english interpretation must be interpreted as so.
Heraclitus - fragment 1
The Word proves
those first hearing it
as numb to understanding
as the ones who have not heard.
Yet all things follow from the Word.
Some, blundering
with what i set before you,
try in vain with empty talk
to separate the essences of things
and say how each thing truly is.
And all the rest make no attempt.
They no more see
how they behave broad waking
than remember clearly
what they did asleep.
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