War, as father of all things, and king, names few to serve … - Heraclitus

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War, as father
of all things, and king,
names few
to serve as gods,
and of the rest makes
these men slaves,
those free.

Heraclitus

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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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One cannot step twice in the same river, nor can one grasp any mortal substance in a stable condition, but it scatters and again gathers; it forms and dissolves,and approaches and departs.

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

To be self-controlled is the greatest excellence.

War, as father of all things, and king, names few to serve as gods, and of the rest makes these men slaves, those free. - Heraclitus

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