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HERACLITUS
of EPHESUS
Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca. 535–475BC)
was a pre-Socratic Ionian philosopher, a native of Ephesus on the coast of Asia Minor. His ideas influenced other philosophers from
antiquity to modern day including Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche & Heidegger.
His work survives today only in the form of
anecdotes, fragments and scattered biographical information.
THE FRAGMENTS |
Heraclitus, from Raphael's Scuola di Atene (“The School of Athens”), 1509–1510, Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.
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