text_original: ASCETIC IDEALS in But that which Heracleitus shunned is still just what we too avoid nowadays: the noise and democratic babble of the Ephesians, their politics, their news from the "empire" (I mean, of course, Persia), their market trade in "the things of to day" — for there is one thing from which we philosophers especially need a rest — from the things of "to day."
text_transcription: E BUT THAT WHICH HERACLIDA SHUNNED IS STILL JUST WHAT WE TOO AVOID NOWADAYS THE NOISE AND DEMOCRATIC BABBLE OF THE EPHESIANS THEIR POLITICS THEIR NEWS FROM THE EMPIRE I MEAN OF COURSE PERSIA THEIR MARKET TRADE IN THE THINGS OF TO DAY FOR THERE IS ONE THING FROM WHICH WE PHILOSOPHERS ESPECIALLY NEED A REST FROM THE THINGS OF TO DAY
phonemes: ɐsˈɛɾɪk aɪdˈiəlz ɪn bˌʌt ðæt wˌɪtʃ hˈɛɹɐklˌeɪɾəs ʃˈʌnd ɪz stˈɪl dʒˈʌst wʌt wiː tˈuː ɐvˈɔɪd nˈaʊədˌeɪz: ðə nˈɔɪz ænd dˌɛməkɹˈæɾɪk bˈæbəl ʌvðɪ ɛfˈiːʒənz, ðɛɹ pˈɑːlətˌɪks, ðɛɹ nˈuːz fɹʌmðə "ˈɛmpaɪɚ" (aɪ mˈiːn, ʌv kˈɔːɹs, pˈɜːʒə), ðɛɹ mˈɑːɹkɪt tɹˈeɪd ˈɪn "ðə θˈɪŋz ʌv tə dˈeɪ" — fɔːɹ ðɛɹ ɪz wˈʌn θˈɪŋ fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ wiː fɪlˈɑːsəfɚz ɪspˈɛʃəli nˈiːd ɐ ɹˈɛst — fɹʌmðə θˈɪŋz ʌv "tə dˈeɪ."