Heraclitus
E16150
Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for his doctrine that reality is in constant flux and for emphasizing the unity of opposites.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heraclitus canonical | 25 |
| Heraclitus of Ephesus | 6 |
| Heraclitean flux | 1 |
| Heraclitean philosophy | 1 |
| ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus | 1 |
| Ἡράκλειτος | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heraclitus Context triple: [Socrates, influencedBy, Heraclitus]
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A.
Parmenides
Parmenides was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea known for his doctrine that reality is unchanging and that all change and plurality are illusory.
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B.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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C.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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D.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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E.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Heraclitus Target entity description: Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for his doctrine that reality is in constant flux and for emphasizing the unity of opposites.
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A.
Parmenides
Parmenides was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Elea known for his doctrine that reality is unchanging and that all change and plurality are illusory.
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B.
Anaxagoras
Anaxagoras was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher known for introducing the concept of Nous (Mind) as the cosmic ordering principle and for offering naturalistic explanations of celestial and physical phenomena.
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C.
Euclid of Megara
Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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D.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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E.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Presocratic philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
cosmic fire
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logos doctrine ⓘ river metaphor for change ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Ephesus ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| deathPlace | Ephesus ⓘ |
| era |
Classical Greek philosophy
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surface form:
Ancient Greek philosophy
Presocratic philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Socratic philosophy
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| ethnicGroup | Ionian Greek ⓘ |
| floruit |
early 5th century BC
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late 6th century BC ⓘ |
| fullName |
Heraclitus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus
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| influenced |
Aristotle
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Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Neoplatonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ dialectical thinking ⓘ process philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Milesian philosophers
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Xenophanes of Colophon ⓘ
surface form:
Xenophanes
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| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| name | Heraclitus self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Heraclitus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ἡράκλειτος
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| nickname |
the Dark
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the Obscure ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
doctrine of flux
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fire as primary element ⓘ hidden harmony ⓘ logos as rational principle of the cosmos ⓘ panta rhei (everything flows) ⓘ unity of opposites ⓘ war as father of all ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
cosmology
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epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| region | Ionia ⓘ |
| schoolTradition | Ionian school ⓘ |
| work | On Nature ⓘ |
| workStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
aphoristic
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obscure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heraclitus Description of subject: Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher best known for his doctrine that reality is in constant flux and for emphasizing the unity of opposites.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus
this entity surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus
this entity surface form:
Ἡράκλειτος
this entity surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus
subject surface form:
Academy of Athens (ancient)
this entity surface form:
Heraclitean philosophy
this entity surface form:
Heraclitean flux
this entity surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus
this entity surface form:
Heraclitus of Ephesus