Heraclitus

Heraclitus o Ephesus (/ˌhɛrəˈkltəs/;[1] Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος Hērákleitos ho Ephésios; c. 535 – c. 475 BCE) wis a pre-Socratic Greek filosofer, a native o the Greek ceety Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast o Asie Minor.

Heraclitus
Utrecht Moreelse Heraclite.JPG
Heraclitus bi Johannes Moreelse. The image depicts him as "the weepin filosofer" wringin his haunds ower the warld, an as "the obscur" dressed in dark cleidin—bauth tradeetional motifs
Bornc. 535 BCE
Ephesus
Dee'dc. 475 BCE (aged aroond 60)
EraAuncient filosofie
RegionWastren Filosofie
SchuilIonian
Main interests
Metapheesics, Epistemology, Ethics, Politics, Cosmology
Notable ideas
Logos, "everything flows", fire is the arche, idios kosmos

ReferencesEedit

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Urdang, Laurence, eds. (1979). Collins English Dictionary. London, Glasgow: Collins. ISBN 0-00-433078-1.