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- ↑ Terence Irwin, (1995), Classical philosophy: collected papers, p. 206. Taylor & Francis
- ↑ Jeauneau, Édouard (2009). Rethinking the School of Chartres. University of Toronto Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1442600072.
- ↑ Codex Parisinus Latinus 8624
- 1 2 Jeauneau, Édouard (2009). Rethinking the School of Chartres. University of Toronto Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1442600072.
- ↑ Charles H. Kahn, (1981), The art and thought of Heraclitus, p. 289. Cambridge University Press.
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