Birth
Born in Ephesus
Born into an aristocratic family in Ephesus, a wealthy Ionian city dominated by the great temple of Artemis.
Words
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.”
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Heraclitus wrote in riddles and refused to explain them. He believed the universe is a process, not a thing, an eternal fire that kindles and goes out in measure. Opposites need each other. Day defines night. War fathers peace. The logos holds it all together, but most people walk through life asleep to it. He was difficult, solitary, and possibly the most original thinker before Socrates.
