Ηράκλειτος
About Ηράκλειτος
Heraclitus of Ephesus (; Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, translit. Hērákleitos ho Ephésios; c. 535 – c. 475 BC) was a pre-Socratic Ionian Greek philosopher, and a native of the city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey and then part of the Persian Empire.
Due to the oracular and paradoxical nature of his philosophy, and his fondness for word play, he was called "The Obscure" even in antiquity. He wrote a single work, On Nature, but the obscurity is made worse by it remaining only in fragments. His cryptic utterances have been the subject of numerous interpretations. He's been seen variously as a "material monist or a process philosopher; a scientific cosmologist, a metaphysician, or a mainly religious thinker; an empiricist, a rationalist, or a mystic; a conventional thinker or a revolutionary; a developer of logic or one who denied the law of non-contradiction; the first genuine philosopher or an anti-intellectual obscurantist."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. Considered a misanthrope given to depression, he was also called "the weeping philosopher," in contrast to Democritus, "the laughing philosopher".
Heraclitus believed the world was somehow in accordance with Logos (literally, "word", "reason", or "account"). He also believed the world was ultimately made of fire. He was committed to a unity of opposites and harmony in the world. He was most famous for his insistence on ever-present change, or flux or becoming, as the characteristic feature of the world, as stated in the famous saying, "No man ever steps in the same river twice" as well as "Panta rhei," everything flows. This aspect of his philosophy is contrasted with that of Parmenides, who believed in being, and that nothing changes. Both had an influence on Plato and thus on all of Western philosophy.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article
Heraclitus
, which is released under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Interesting links - Ηράκλειτος
Top Playlists
See all ›Trending right now on mozaart
1
ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch)
DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
2
For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby)
Pop Smoke, Lil Baby, DaBaby
3
Watermelon Sugar
Harry Styles
4
The Woo (feat. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch)
Pop Smoke, 50 Cent, Roddy Ricch
5
WHATS POPPIN (feat. DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne) - Remix
Jack Harlow, DaBaby, Lil Wayne, Tory Lanez
6
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
7
Blueberry Faygo
Lil Mosey
8
Party Girl
StaySolidRocky
9
Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat)
Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo
10
We Paid (feat. 42 Dugg)
Lil Baby, 42 Dugg
Hottest videos on mozaart right now
Share
Sharing is caring! Thank you for spreading the word!
Help us
Give us your feedback
- OR -
No account yet? Join us!
Create account
Create account
- OR -
{{ translate(errors.email[0]) }}
Already have an account?
Login
Login