Heraclitus

Philosopher

Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic philosopher known for his doctrine of change, famously stating that 'everything flows' and emphasizing the role of conflict in life.

Born
c. 535 BC
Died
c. 475 BC
Quotes
218
Rank
#103

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"There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging."

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"People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city s walls."

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"We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire."

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"The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own"

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"The people should fight for the law as for their city wall."

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"There is nothing peranent except change."

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"The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall."

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"All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river"

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"The river where you set your foot just now is gone-those waters give way to this, now this."

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"The only constant is change. Unless you get a small group of neighbors together to stop it."

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"Nothing is constant except change"

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