Heraclitus
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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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| 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
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| citizenship |
Ancient Greece
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| deathPlace |
Ephesus
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| era |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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Pre-Socratic philosophy → |
| ethnicGroup |
Ionian Greek
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| floruit |
early 5th century BC
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late 6th century BC → |
| fullName |
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 → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| name |
Heraclitus
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| nativeName |
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
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| schoolTradition |
Ionian school
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| work |
On Nature
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| workStatus |
fragmentary
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| writingStyle |
aphoristic
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obscure → |
Referenced by (25)
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Academy of Athens (ancient)
("Heraclitean philosophy")
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Chrysippus of Soli → Cleanthes of Assos → Democritus → Empedocles → Four Quartets → Plato → Socrates → |
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the Dark
("Heraclitus of Ephesus")
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the Obscure → |
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Ionia
("Heraclitus of Ephesus")
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The School of Athens
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Cratylus
("Heraclitean flux")
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Heraclitus
("Heraclitus of Ephesus")
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fullName |
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Classical Greek philosophy
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Ionian school
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the Obscure
("Heraclitus of Ephesus")
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Presocratic philosophers
("Heraclitus of Ephesus")
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includes |
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Thales of Miletus
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influenced |
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Theaetetus
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Heraclitus
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name |
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Heraclitus
("Ἡράκλειτος")
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nativeName |
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Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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philosophersCovered |
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the Dark
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the Dark
("ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus")
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