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What use are these people's wits, who let themselves be led by speechmakers, in crowds, without considering how many fools and thieves they are among… - Heraclitus
" "What use are these people's wits, who let themselves be led by speechmakers, in crowds, without considering how many fools and thieves they are among, and how few
choose the good?
The best choose progress toward one thing, a name forever honored by the gods, while others eat their way toward sleep like nameless oxen.
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About Heraclitus
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
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Weeping Philosopher
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