Heraclitus
Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesuswas a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the apparently riddled and allegedly paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
opposites conflict all-things
All things come into being by conflict of opposites.
mixtures decay strife
Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'
constant
Nothing is constant except change
cosmos awake
For those who are awake, the Cosmos is One.
logos
He who hears not me but the logos will say: All is one.
things-change stills
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
accustomed constitution hide itself
The real constitution of things is accustomed to hide itself