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Heraclitus

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Her·a·cli·tus  (hr-klts) fl. 500 b.c.
Early Greek philosopher who maintained that strife and change are the natural conditions of the universe.
Hera·clite·an (-t-n) adj.
Heraclitus [ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs]
n
(Biographies / Heraclitus (?535 bc-?475 bc) M, Greek, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) ?535-?475 bc, Greek philosopher, who held that fire is the primordial substance of the universe and that all things are in perpetual flux
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Noun1.HeraclitusHeraclitus - a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC)
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Heraclitus [ˌherəˈklaɪtəs] N → Heráclito
Heraclitus
n → Heraklit m


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Heraclitus looked upon the affections as dense and colored mists.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, Dry light is ever the best.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
But the highest minds of the world have never ceased to explore the double meaning, or shall I say the quadruple or the centuple or much more manifold meaning, of every sensuous fact; Orpheus, Empedocles, Heraclitus, Plato, Plutarch, Dante, Swedenborg, and the masters of sculpture, picture, and poetry.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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