Heraclitus
Greek flux thinker
Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher of the 5th century BCE, known for the doctrine that all things are in constant flux.
His most famous teaching holds that you cannot step into the same river twice—the water has changed, and so have you.
He wrote in aphorisms so cryptic that ancients called him "the Obscure."
Continuous change or flow
- logosBrand identification symbols
- fireCombustion with flames
- becomingAttractive or appropriate
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
strife · change · opposites · harmony · war · conflict · river · flow
Unbroken forward movement
- steppingMoving on foot
- changeTo make different
- currentDirected flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
flux · water · banks · continuity · impermanence · identity · same · different
Ancient Greek city, Asia Minor
- IonianEastern Mediterranean region
- ThalesFirst Western philosopher
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician
- DemocritusAncient atomism's founder
Zeno · cosmogony · natural philosophy · antiquity · classical · Hellenic · fragment
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
Hegel · dialectic · Whitehead · metaphysics · epistemology · ontology · postmodernism · existentialism
Basic substance or factor
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- transformationThorough change in form
- eternalLasting without end
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
exchange · conflagration · kindle · spark · primordial · substance · cycle · destruction
flux
Continuous change or flow
impermanence · strife · change · opposites · harmony · war · conflict · river · flow · perpetual
flow
Unbroken forward movement
stream · flux · water · banks · continuity · impermanence · identity · same · different · moment
Ephesus
Ancient Greek city, Asia Minor
- IonianEastern Mediterranean region
- ThalesFirst Western philosopher
- PythagorasAncient Greek mathematician
Democritus · Zeno · cosmogony · natural philosophy · antiquity · classical · Hellenic · fragment
Plato
Greek philosopher, academy founder
- AristotleGreek founder of formal logic
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- StoicismVirtue-centered ancient philosophy
Nietzsche · Hegel · dialectic · Whitehead · metaphysics · epistemology · ontology · postmodernism · existentialism
element
Basic substance or factor
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- transformationThorough change in form
- eternalLasting without end
combustion · exchange · conflagration · kindle · spark · primordial · substance · cycle · destruction · renewal
HeraclitusAristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
rationalists · Plato · Euclid · systematizers · essentialism