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The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own.

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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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Many who have learned
from Hesiod the countless names
of gods and monsters
never understand
that night and day are one

En aquello que los hombres toman por misterios sagrados se inician impíamente

Justice in our minds is strife.
We cannot help but see
war makes us as we are.

The waking have one world in common; sleepers have each a private world of his own. - Heraclitus

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