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.
He was of distinguished parentage but eschewed his privileged life for a lonely one as a philosopher. Little else is known about his early life and education. He regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. He was considered a misanthrope given to depression; he was also called "the weeping philosopher", in contrast to Democritus, "the laughing philosopher".
Quotes:
- “Everything changes and nothing stands still.”
- “Change alone is unchanging.”
- “It is in changing that we find purpose.”
- “To get everything you want is not a good thing. Disease makes health seem sweet. Hunger leads to the appreciation of being full-fed. Tiredness creates the enjoyment of resting.”
- “Character is destiny”
- “The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.”
- “The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.”
- “Traveling on every path, you will not find the boundaries of soul by going; so deep is its measure.”
- “Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”
- “Those who love wisdom must investigate many things.”
- “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.”
- “Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.”
- “If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.”
- “All things come into being by conflict of opposites.”
- “The unlike is joined together, and from differences results the most beautiful harmony.”
- “Fire lives in the death of earth, air lives in the death of fire, water lives in the death of air, and earth in the death of water.”
- “the Sun is new every day.”
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