Heraclitus

Born

in Ephesus, Ionia, Greece

November 24, 0535

Died

December 13, 0475

Genre

Philosophy

Influences

Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander, Xenophanes, Pythagoras ...more

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Heraclitus of Ephesus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος,c.535 – c.475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher".

Heraclitus was famous for his insistence on ever-present change as being the fundamental essence of the universe, as stated in the famous saying, "No man ever steps in the same ...more

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	Fragments by Heraclitus, Brooks Haxton (Translator), James Hillman (Foreword) 4.19 avg rating — 5,792 ratings — published -500 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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, Geoffrey S. Kirk (Translator/Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Homeric Problems by Heraclitus, D.A. Russell, David Konstan 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	جدل الحب والحرب by Heraclitus, مجاهد عبد المنعم مجاهد (ترجمة، تحقيق) 2.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Textos presocráticos by Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Fragmanlar, Testimonia-Fragmenta-Imitationes by Heraclitus, Güvenç Şar (Translator), Erdal Yıldız (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
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“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
― Heraclitus

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“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

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“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change -”
― Heraclitus

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