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HERACLITUSEphessus, approx. 540 - approx. 475 B.C. |
![INSTEAD OF ALL MORTAL THINGS, THE EXCELLENT CHOOSE ONE ONLY: ETERNAL GLORY. ON THE CONTRARY, MANY ARE CONTENT TO EAT LIKE ANIMALS - HERACLITUS](https://mousa.gr/data/quotes/en/heraclitus/38.png)
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One of the younger Ionian physiologists, who because of the obscurity of his style was called Dark, and in contrast to the laughing Democritus, Laeon. He took part in the political struggles of his homeland always on the side of the aristocrats. His aristocracy even reached the point where he bitterly hated the "City" and those who were on the side of the people. This contempt of his was directed against many of his contemporaries and more ancient philosophers. Despite all this, he is considered as one of the most profound philosophers of antiquity, the modern world, with the development of physical and mathematical science, considers him, together with Democritus, a forerunner of the natural sciences and of our current age.
Heraclitus, in contrast to the Eleatic philosophers who had established the immobility of being, declared that eternal becoming and changing and never remaining the same. Every birth, according to Heraclitus, is a product of those elements of nature that are in constant struggle and opposition. Harmony is born from the struggle of the elements. Without this "competition", as he calls it, there would be no life. That is why he glorifies the war of the elements as the father of everything, and fire as their motive. Excess heat means excess movement and consciousness. Excess of cold means immobility and deadness. Our age has shed enough light on the dark theories of the Ephesian philosopher.
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- FORGIVENESS IS SUPERIOR TO PUNISHMENT
- NO ONE MADE THIS WORLD, NEITHER GOD NOR MAN, BUT IT WAS, IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE: IT IS AN ETERNAL LIVING FIRE THAT INCREASES AND DECREASES ACCORDING TO CERTAIN MEASURES
- WISDOM IS ONE: KNOWING THE THOUGHT THAT SET ALL THINGS FOREVER
- LET'S TRY TO EXTINGUISH HYBRIS RATHER THAN THE FIRE
- THE PEOPLE MUST DEFEND THE LAW JUST LIKE THE WALLS
- EVERYTHING IS FORMED FROM FIRE AND DISSOLVED IN FIRE
- EVERYTHING IS DONE ACCORDING TO THE DECISIONS OF FATE AND BEINGS HARMONIZE THROUGH THEIR OPPOSITIONS
- EVERYTHING IS FULL OF SOULS AND SPIRITS
- YOU CANNOT FIND THE LIMITS OF THE SOUL, NO MATTER WHAT PATH YOU TAKE. SO DEEP ARE THE CAUSES OF ITS EXISTENCE
- EVERYTHING IS CHANGED BY FIRE AND MADE BY DILUTION AND CONDENSATION
- EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH OPPOSITES AND THE WHOLE FLOWS LIKE A RIVER
- THE UNIVERSE IS FINITE AND THE WORLD IS ONE
- EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED BY PREDESTINATION
- OF THE OPPOSITES, THAT WHICH LEADS TO GENESIS IS CALLED WAR AND QUARREL AND THAT WHICH LEADS TO TRANSFORMATION INTO FIRE IS CALLED AGREEMENT AND PEACE
- WE SHOULD NOT SPECULATE ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS
- IF HAPPINESS WAS ABOUT PHYSICAL PLEASURES, WE WOULD SAY THAT OXES ARE HAPPY WHEN THEY FIND GRASS TO EAT
- THE SOUL IS IMMORTAL
- PERIODICAL FIRE IS ETERNAL AND FATE IS CAUSE THAT CREATES BEINGS FROM PATHS OF OPPOSITES
- EVERYTHING IS DONE ACCORDING TO PREDESTINATION AND THAT AND NEED IS ALL THAT EXISTS
- THE WORLD IS ONE
- THE WORLD IS MADE NOT ACCORDING TO TIME BUT ACCORDING TO THOUGHT
- WHILE THE TRUE WORD IS UNIVERSAL, HUMAN MASSES LIVE BY THEIR INDIVIDUAL MINDSETS
- COMMON PEOPLE FORGET WHAT THEY DO WHEN WAKE IN THE SAME WAY THEY FORGET THEIR DREAMS
- THE SUN IS NOT ONLY NEW EVERY DAY, BUT IT IS ALWAYS YOUNG
- DIFFERENCE IS USEFUL AND THE BEST ASSEMBLY COMES FROM THE DIFFERENTS
- EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED: THE SETS AND THE NON-SETS, THE CONVERGENTS AND THE DIVERGENTS, THE HARMONY AND THE MONODY. ALL COMBINE IN ONE AND FROM ONE COME ALL
- THE CULTURED MAN SHOULD NOT BE DIRTY OR UNCLEAN NOR FIND PLEASURE IN WASTES
- SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO AVOID THE SENSED LIGHT, BUT THE LIGHT OF THE MIND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID
- MANY DO NOT CONSIDER THE NATURE OF THE THINGS IN FRONT OF THEM, NOR DO THEY REALLY KNOW THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO THEM, BUT JUST THINK THEY KNOW THEM
- IF ONE DOESN'T HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS, ONE IS NOT GOING TO DISCOVER IT BECAUSE IT IS UNEXPLORED AND INACCESSIBLE
- THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO LISTEN DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK
- WHAT WE SEE WHEN WAKE IS DEATH, WHAT WE SEE DURING SLEEP, IS SLEEP
- GOLD DIGGERS DIG A LOT OF DROUND AND FIND LITTLE GOLD
- IF THERE WERE NO OFFENSES, PEOPLE WOULD NOT KNOW THE NAME OF THE LAW
- THOSE KILLED IN BATTLE ARE HONORED BY GODS AND MEN
- THE GREATNESS OF LIFE IS MEASURED BY THE GREATNESS OF DEATH
- PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DIE, HAVE THINGS AWAITING THEM THAT THEY NEITHER HOPE NOR IMAGINE
- INSTEAD OF ALL MORTAL THINGS, THE EXCELLENT CHOOSE ONE ONLY: ETERNAL GLORY. ON THE CONTRARY, MANY ARE CONTENT TO EAT LIKE ANIMALS
- KNOWING A LOT DOESN'T EDUCATE THE MIND
- THE ONE, THE WISE DOESN'T WANT AND WANTS TO BE CALLED ONLY ZEUS
- IT IS ALSO A LAW TO OBEY THE DECISIONS OF THE ONE
- THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE WORD, EVEN WHEN THEY HEAR IT ARE LIKE THE DEAF. THE SAYING ALSO SAYS IT: PRESENT BUT ABSENT
- IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT PHILOSOPHERS BE JUDGES OF THE MANY
- SOULS, WHEN THEY DIE, BECOME WATER AND WATER WHEN IT DIES, BECOMES EARTH. FROM THE EARTH WATER IS BORN AND FROM WATER THE SOUL
- PIGS ARE WASHED IN MUD, POULTRY IN DUST OR ASHES
- WISDOM IS ONE THING: TO KNOW THAT REASON GOVERNS ALL THINGS THROUGH THEIR INTERNAL RELATIONS
- ARROGANCE IS GOD SENT DISEASE
- LET'S NOT SPECULATE ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES
- THE NAME OF LIFE IS LIFE, ITS WORK IS DEATH
- AN EXCELLENT IS WORTH TEN THOUSANDS
- INTO THE SAME RIVERS WE ENTER AND WE DON'T ENTER, WE EXIST AND WE DON'T EXIST
- THE WHOLE IS DIVISIBLE AND INDIVISIBLE, BORN AND UNBORN, MORTAL AND IMMORTAL, REASON AND TIME, FATHER AND SON, GOD AND JUSTICE
- THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD NOT ME, BUT THE WORD, ARE WISE TO AGREE THAT ALL IS ONE
- IT IS HARMONY WHEN A THING CONTRASTS WITH ITSELF, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH IT
- TIME IS A CHILD PLAYING DICE. THE KINGDOM BELONGS TO THE CHILD
- WAR IS FATHER AND RULER OF ALL
- IT MAKES GODS OUT OF SOME AND MEN OUT OF OTHERS, OTHERS IT MAKES SERVANTS AND OTHERS FREE
- HIDDEN HARMONY IS STRONGER THAN VISIBLE HARMONY
- PREFERRED ARE THINGS THAT ARE OBJECTS OF VISION, HEARING AND PERCEPTION
- GOOD AND EVIL ARE ONE
- UPHILL AND DOWNHILL ARE ONE AND THE SAME ROAD
- THE SEA IS THE CLEANEST AND AT THE SAME TIME THE DIRTIEST WATER: FOR FISH IT IS GOOD AND LIFE-GIVING, FOR HUMANS IT IS NOT DRINKABLE AND DEADLY
- GODS - MEN, MEN - GODS: THE GODS LIVE ETERNALLY THROUGH THE DEATH OF MEN, WHEN MORTALS DIE LOSE THE ETERNAL LIFE OF THE GODS
- FIRE RULES EVERYTHING
- FIRE WILL COME TO JUDGE AND CONQUER EVERYTHING
- GOD IS DAY NIGHT, WINTER SUMMER, WAR PEACE, SATIATION HUNGER
- HUMAN BELIEFS ARE LIKE CHILDREN'S PLAY
- WORD RULES EVERYTHING
- WE SHOULD NOT ACT AND TALK AS IF BEING ASLEEP
- WE SHOULD NOT ACT AND TALK LIKE OUR PARENTS' CHILDREN - THAT IS, ACCORDING TO THE BELIEFS WE RECEIVED
- THE SLEEPERS ARE WORKERS AND PARTNERS IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD
- FIRE LIVES THE DEATH OF AIR, AND AIR LIVES THE DEATH OF FIRE. WATER LIVES THE DEATH OF THE EARTH AND THE EARTH THE DEATH OF THE WATER
- THE DEATH OF FIRE IS THE BIRTH OF AIR AND THE DEATH OF AIR IS THE BIRTH OF WATER
- THE DEATH OF EARTH IS TO BECOME WATER AND THE DEATH OF WATER IS TO BECOME AIR AND OF AIR TO BECOME FIRE AND VICE VERSA
- WISDOM IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH HUMAN CHARACTER BUT WITH THE DIVINE
- THE DIVINE BEING CALLS THE MAN BABY THE SAME WAY A MAN CALLS THE CHILD
- WE SHOULD KNOW THAT WAR IS A WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON AND THAT QUARREL IS JUSTICE: EVERYTHING IS BORN AND STEMS NECESSARILY FROM QUARREL
- THE CUTEST MONKEY IS UGLY COMPARED TO HUMANS
- THE WISEST OF MEN COMPARED TO GOD IS A MONKEY IN WISDOM AND BEAUTY AND ALL THE REST
- FIRE RESTS THROUGH CONTINUOUS CHANGE
- IT IS TIRING TO ALWAYS STRIVE FOR THE SAME THINGS AND START WITH THEM ALL THE TIME
- ANGER IS HARD TO FIGHT BECAUSE IT BUYS WHAT IT WANTS AT THE PRICE OF THE SOUL
- MOST DIVINE THINGS ESCAPE US AND WE DO NOT KNOW THEM, BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF BELIEF
- THE SAME THING IS THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, THE AWAKING AND THE SLEEPING, THE YOUNG AND THE OLD: FROM THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE ONE RESULTS THE OTHER AND VICE VERSA
- FOR THE AWAKE THE WORLD IS ONE AND COMMON, WHILE EACH ONE SLEEPING HAS A WORLD OF HIS OWN
- EVERYTHING RESULTS FROM THE MUTATION OF FIRE AND IN THEIR TURN EVERYTHING BECOME FIRE, AS GOLD BECOME MONEY AND MONEY GOLD
- YOU CANNOT STEP INTO THE SAME RIVER TWICE
- THE SIBYL IN HER INTENSE MANIA PROPHESIES WITHOUT LAUGHTER, ORNAMENTS AND PERFUMES AND WITH HER VOICE GOES THROUGH A THOUSAND YEARS DUE TO THE GRACE OF GOD
- THE KING OF THE DELPHIC ORACLE DOES NOT REVEAL BY WORD NOR HIDES, BUT IS EXPRESSED THROUGH SYMBOLS
- THE SUN WILL NOT EXCEED THE SPECIFIED MEASURES. OTHERWISE, THE ERINYES, THE HELPERS OF TRIAL, WILL DISCOVER HIM
- ONE BETTER HIDE HIS IGNORANCE, BUT THIS IS DIFFICULT DURING REST AND AT PARTIES
- THE CORPSES OF THE DEAD SHOULD BE DISPOSED OF LIKE DUNGS AND EVEN WORSE
- DOGS BARK AT THOSE WHO THEY DON'T KNOW
- THE SOULS SENSE IN HADES
- IF THE SUN DIDN'T EXIST, THE EXISTENCE OF THE OTHER STARS WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR NIGHT TO EXIST
- FOR GOD EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AND GOOD AND FAIR, WHILE PEOPLE CONSIDER SOME UNFAIR AND SOME FAIR
- IN A FULL CIRCLE, THE BEGINNING COINCIDES WITH THE END
- THE EYES AND EARS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BARBAROUS SOULS ARE BAD WITNESSES FOR MEN
- OF ALL WHO HAVE HEARD THEM SPEAK, NONE HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF KNOWING THAT WISDOM IS SEPARATE FROM ALL THINGS
- IT IS NOT BEST FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE EVERYTHING THEY WISH FOR.
- ILLNESS IS WHAT MAKES HEALTH SWEET AND GOOD, HUNGER MAKES SATIATION, TIREDNESS MAKES REST
- RIGHT THINKING IS THE GREATEST VIRTUE AND WISDOM IS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH AND ACT ACCORDING TO NATURE, AS IS APPROPRIATE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE
- THE ABILITY TO THINK IS COMMON TO ALL
- THOSE WHO SPEAK RIGHTEOUSLY SHOULD DERIVE THEIR POWER FROM THAT WHICH IS COMMON TO ALL, JUST AS THE CITY DRAWS POWER FROM THE LAW
- ALL HUMAN LAWS ARE NURSED BY ONE LAW, THE DIVINE LAW: HE PREVAILS THE REST IN ANY EXTENT AND IS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL AND SURVIVES ALL
- TO THE SOUL BELONGS THE WORD THAT GROWS BY ITSELF
- ALL PEOPLE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO KNOW THEMSELVES AND THINK RIGHT
- THE MAN, WHEN DRUNK, HAS AS GUIDE A SMALL CHILD: HE STUMBLES, DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE'S GOING, BECAUSE HIS SOUL IS WET
- GLITTER IN THE EYES, DRY SOUL, THE MOST WISE AND EXCELLENT. OR RATHER: THE DRY SOUL IS THE MOST WISE AND EXCELLENT
- THE DEMON THAT ACCOMPANIES EVERY MAN IS HIS CHARACTER
- NATURE LIKES TO HIDE
- EVEN A MESH DISSOLVES IF YOU DON'T SHAKE IT
- WEALTH IS BLIND, IT IS THE CAUSE NOT OF VIRTUE BUT OF EVIL
- COLD HEATS, HOT COOLS, WET DRIES, DRY BECOMES MOIST
- EVERYTHING IS FLUID AND NOTHING IS STABLE
- FROM ONE ALL ARE MADE AND FROM ALL ONE