Heraclitus

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in Ephesus, Ionia, Greece

December 30, 0534

died

December 31, 0474

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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus/

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A Greek philosopher of Ephesus (near modern Kuşadası, Turkey) who was active around 500 BCE, Heraclitus propounded a distinctive theory which he expressed in oracular language. He is best known for his doctrines that things are constantly changing (universal flux), that opposites coincide (unity of opposites), and that fire is the basic material of the world. The exact interpretation of these doctrines is controversial, as is the inference often drawn from this theory that in the world as Heraclitus conceives it contradictory propositions must be true.

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	Fragments by Heraclitus, Brooks Haxton (Translator), James Hillman (contributor) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 1903 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art and Thought of Heraclitus: An Edition of the Fragments with Translation and Commentary by Heraclitus, Charles H. Kahn (Editor) 4.51 of 5 stars 4.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heraclitus: The Cosmic Fragments by Heraclitus, G.S. Kirk 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dell'origine 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heraclitus: Homeric Problems (Writings from the Greco-Roman World) by Heraclitus, D.A. Russell, David Konstan 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heraclitus: Translation and Analysis 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zdania 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herakleitos & Diogenes 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1979	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Testimonianze, imitazioni e frammenti by Heraclitus, M. Marcovich (Redattore), R. Mondolfo (Redattore) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hippocrates by Heraclitus, Hippocrates, W.H.S. Jones (Translator) 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars