Heraclitus Quotes

Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)

Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ἡράκλειτος, Herakleitos; c. 535 BC – 475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe, and for establishing the term Logos (λόγος) in Western philosophy as meaning both the source and fundamental order of the Cosmos.

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Native Name: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος

Alternative Names: Heraclitus of Ephesus • Weeping Philosopher

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Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.

Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.

#* Compare Chrysippus from Philodem. P. eusebeias, vii. p. 81, Gomperz.

#* Proclus in Tim. 54 A (comp. 24 B).

Nada é permanente, excepto a mudança.

War is the father of all and the king of all; it proves some people gods, and some people men; it makes some people slaves and some people free.

We are most nearly ourselves when we achieve the seriousness of the child at play.

How can you hide from what never goes away ?

Asses prefer garbage to gold.

إن الحمير لتفضل القش علي الذهب

Unless you expect the unexpected, you will not find it, for it is hidden and thickly tangled.

War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.

The oneness of all wisdom may be found, or not, under the name of God.

Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.

"ethos anthropoi daimon - "A man's character is his fate.

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