Heraclitus
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Heraclitus of Ephesus. (c. 535 BCE – c. 476 BCE). An ancient Greek/Persian pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire.
Noteworthy
- He wrote a single work, only fragments of which have survived.
- Most of the ancient stories about him are thought to be later fabrications based on interpretations of the preserved fragments.
- Earned the epithets "the dark" and "the obscure".
- He became known as "the weeping philosopher".
- Fire is the arche.
- Everything changes/flows.
