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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.Heraclitus - 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)Heraclitus - 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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