Heraclitus
OriginGreece
Era535 BC
SchoolPre-Socratic
About Heraclitus
You cannot step into the same river twice. Everything flows is his central doctrine. Known as the Weeping Philosopher and the Obscure. Wrote in deliberately cryptic aphorisms. Deposited his book in the temple of Artemis. Despised most people as sleepwalkers through life. Fire is the fundamental element.
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