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
doe unexpected unexplored
He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored
thinking doe unexpected
If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.
doe teach
Much learning does not teach sense.
doe encounters prosperity
No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.
understanding doe teach
Learning many things does not teach understanding
goes greek-philosopher workers
Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe.
beautiful all-things
To God all things are beautiful and good and just.
night impossible distinction
Could you tell night from day? No, I regard all such distinctions as logically impossible.
character destiny our-destiny
Character is our destiny.
evil disease hunger
It is by disease that health is pleasant; by evil that good is pleasant; by hunger, satiety; by weariness, rest.
constant
Nothing is constant except change
work toiling weariness
It is weariness to keep toiling at the same things so that one becomes ruled by them.
life-is constant
The only constant in life is change
mixtures decay strife
Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'