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  1. Oct 15, 2020 · Heraclitus of Ephesus (l. c. 500 BCE) famously claimed that “life is flux” and, although he seems to have thought this observation would be clear to all, people have continued to resist change from his time to the present day. Heraclitus was one of the early Pre-Socratic philosophers, so named because they pre-date Socrates, considered the ...

  2. Jul 14, 2010 · Heraclitus of Ephesus (l. c. 500 BCE) was one of the early Pre-Socratic philosophers who, like the others, sought to identify the First Cause for the creation of the world. He rejected earlier theories such as air and water and claimed that fire was the First Cause as it both created and destroyed.

  3. Heraclitus is the first Western philosopher to go beyond physical theory in search of metaphysical foundations and moral applications. Table of Contents. Life and Times. Theory of Knowledge. The Doctrine of Flux and the Unity of Opposites. Criticism of Ionian Philosophy. Physical Theory. Moral and Political Theory. Accomplishments and Influence.

  4. Mar 5, 2023 · Heraclitus was a Greek philosopher who lived in Ephesus of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey) in the 6th century BCE. He is one of the most popular presocratics, ie, the Greek philosophers that preceded Socrates.

  5. Jan 18, 2012 · Article. by Joshua J. Mark. published on 18 January 2012. Heraclitus of Ephesos (l. c. 500 BCE) was an early Pre-Socratic philospher who claimed that the First Cause of existence was fire and that life itself was characterized by strife and change.

  6. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus (Greek Ἡράκλειτος Herakleitos) (c. 535 – 475 B.C.E.) is one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers. Born in Ephesus, Asia Minor, he is known as the predecessor of the idea of dialectical movement, which identified the principle of change and progress with struggles.

  7. May 5, 2020 · Print. Heraclitus of Ephesus was a Pre-Socratic philosopher who lived during the 6th century BC. He wrote a book which recorded his controversial philosophical thoughts. This book, which was deposited in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, has not survived in its entirety.

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