Heraclitus Top 10 Quotes


10

A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.

Heraclitus

9

Nature is wont to hide herself.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 10)

8

It is what opposes that helps.

Heraclitus (Quoted by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics)

7

Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 54)

6

No man ever steps in the same river twice.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 41)

5

Everything flows, nothing stands still.

Heraclitus (Quoted by Plato in Craytulus)

4

The sun is new every day.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 6)

3

This world, which is the same for all, no one of gods or men has made. But it always was and will be: an ever-living fire, with measures of it kindling, and measures going out.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 20)

2

Eternity is a child playing, the kingdom belongs to a child.

Heraclitus (Quoted by Hippolytus of Rome)

1

He who hears not me but the logos will say: All is one.

Heraclitus (On the Universe - Fragment 50)

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Heraclitus Biography

Life: 6th - 5th century BCE

Heraclitus of Ephesus was a Greek philosopher. He was often referred to as "The Obscure Philosopher" mainly due to his eccentric nature and his enigmatic philosophy and thoughts.

Notable Works

On the Universe



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