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
mixtures decay strife
Where there is no strife there is decay: 'The mixture which is not shaken decomposes.'
ambition needs results
The results are in great need greater ambition.
desire outcomes needs
The outcomes are in incredible need more prominent desire.
world common seeing
The seeing have the world in common.
children moving games
Life is a child moving counters in a game.
secret
Things keep their secrets.
home son men
A drunk man, staggering and mindless, must be led home by his son, so wet is his psyche... Water brings death to the psyche, as earth brings death to water... The psyche lusts to be wet.
rivers flux all-things
All things come into being through opposition and all are in flux like a river
becoming
Nothing is, everything is becoming.
men world common
There is but one world common for those who are awake, but when men are asleep, each turns away into a world of his own.
unexpected ifs
If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.
unchanging constant permanent
There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.
war father peacemaking
War is the father of all things.
kings war father
War is the father and king of all,