Heraclitean
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Heraclitean
1785–95; < Latin Hēraclīte ( us ) (< Greek Hērakleíteios ) + -an
Example Sentences
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“It was an exploration of a Heraclitean principle,” Ms. Strebe said.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2019
The Heraclitean precept has been mislaid by a generation of moviemakers more concerned on the whole with their medium than with Man.
From Time Magazine Archive
It did not occur to Theagenes to ask whether any evidence existed to show that the pre-Homeric Greeks were Empedoclean or Heraclitean philosophers.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
He designates the insight for which he labours by the Heraclitean name of dry light, that is, a light which is obscured by no partiality and no subordinate aim.
From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von
Knowledge of the transformations that had taken place in language, of the early phases of the family, of religion, of property, had all favoured the revival of the Heraclitean view: panta rei.
From Darwin and Modern Science by Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)
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