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He expressed this in sayings like "Everything flows" (Greek: πάντα ρει, panta rhei) and "No man ever steps in the same river twice". This insistence upon change contrasts with that of the ancient philosopher Parmenides, who believed in a reality of static "being". Heraclitus believed fire was the arche, the
"Everything flows, nothing stands still." Attributed to Heraclitus — Plato, in his dialogue Cratylus, recounts Heraclitus' saying: Τὰ ὄντα ἰέναι τε πάντα καὶ μένειν οὐδέν. Tà ónta iénai te pánta kaì ménein oudén. "[That] things that exist move and nothing remains still", [31] which he expands:
Heraclitus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος, Hērakleitos) of Ephesus (c. 535 – c. 475 BCE) disagreed with Thales, Anaximander, and Pythagoras about the nature of the ultimate substance and claimed instead that everything is derived from the Greek classical element fire, rather than from air, water, or earth. This led to the belief that change ...
Lost Girls and Love Hotels Based on Catherine Hanrahan’s bestselling novel of the same name. She quickly falls for a gangster and explores her sexuality—all while searching for her life's purpose.
That is to say, when an object moves from point A to point B, a change is created, while the underlying law remains the same. Thus, a unity of opposites is present in the universe simultaneously containing difference and sameness. An aphorism of Heraclitus illustrates the idea as follows: The road up and the road down are the same thing.
Panta Rei, a fictional secret society featured in Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum; Panta Rhei, a ship operated by Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft on Lake Zurich in Switzerland
Flow, Latvia’s wordless adventure story about a cat surviving a fantastical flood, has made quite a splash this awards season.. The modest independent film has upended the animated feature race ...
In Dylan's autobiography, "Chronicles: Volume One," the singer recalled their first meeting: "Right from the start, I couldn’t take my eyes off her. She was the most erotic thing I’d ever seen.