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Fragments
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The Fragments are all that survives of Heraclitus, the early Greek philosopher who taught that everything flows. Quoted by later writers, these scattered, riddling lines argue that change is the only constant, that opposites belong together, and that a hidden order, the logos, runs beneath the flux. No man, he wrote, steps in the same river twice.
About the author — Heraclitus
Heraclitus (c. 535 to 475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic philosopher from Ephesus, known in antiquity as the obscure for his compressed, paradoxical style. His vision of a world in constant change shaped thinkers from Plato to Nietzsche.
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What are Heraclitus's Fragments?
The surviving pieces of his lost book, preserved as quotations in later authors. Together they sketch his philosophy of constant change and underlying unity.
What is the famous saying of Heraclitus?
That you cannot step into the same river twice, since fresh waters are always flowing. It captures his core idea that everything is in flux.
What was the main idea of Heraclitus?
That change is fundamental and opposites are united by a hidden order he called the logos. Stability, for Heraclitus, is an illusion over ceaseless movement.