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Heraclitus

[ her-uh-klahy-tuhs ]

noun

  1. the Obscure, c540–c470 b.c., Greek philosopher.


Heraclitus

/ ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs /

noun

  1. Heraclitus?535 bc?475 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?535–?475 bc , Greek philosopher, who held that fire is the primordial substance of the universe and that all things are in perpetual flux
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That Oscar-nominated film is far more gentle and sincere than “Challengers,” a trim, naughty, ferociously well-acted trifle about characters more likely to scrawl something foul on a bathroom stall than quote Heraclitus.

You cannot step in the same river twice, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said.

“Swift Arrow,” deftly interpreted by Peck and Mejia, comes with an epigraph from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “The harmony of the ordered-world is one of contrary tensions, like that of the harp or bow.”

Character, the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus contended, is fate.

Heraclitus told us that ‘You could not step twice into the same river,” and oh brother is that true about economies.

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