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
sleep waking world
The waking have one common world, but the sleeping turn aside each into a world of his own
moving entity remains
All entities move and nothing remains still
life constant
Change is the only constant.
death dying immortal-life
Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.
way known unforeseen
Whoever cannot seek the unforeseen sees nothing for the known way is an impasse.
How can you hide from what never goes away?
world common share
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
children moving games
Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
thinking sight sacred
Thinking is a sacred disease and sight is deceptive.
life fire be-kind
It ever was, and is, and shall be, ever-living fire, in measures being kindled and in measures going out.
things-change stills
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
common ifs
Though wisdom is common, yet the many live as if they had a wisdom of their own.
children kingdoms eternity
Eternity is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.