The living, though they yearn for consummation of their fat… - Heraclitus

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The living, though they yearn
for consummation of their fate,
need rest, and in their turn leave
children to fulfil their doom.

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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ἀθάνατοι θνητοί, θνητοὶ ἀθάντατοι, ζῶντες τὸν ἐκείνων θάνατον, τὸν δὲ ἐκείνων βίον τεθνεῶτες

(Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others' death and dying the others' life.)

No entienden los más las cosas con las que se topan, ni pese haberlas aprendido las conocen, pero a ellos se lo parece

Es difícil luchar contra el ánimo de uno, pues aquello que se desea le cuesta a uno el alma

The living, though they yearn for consummation of their fate, need rest, and in their turn leave children to fulfil their doom. - Heraclitus

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