Heraclitus (/ ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs /; Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειτος Hērákleitos; fl. c. 500 BC) was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. He exerts a wide influence on ancient and modern Western philosophy, through the works of such authors as Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, and Heidegger.

Apr 8, 2025 · Heraclitus (born c. 540 bce, Ephesus, Anatolia [now Selçuk, Turkey]—died c. 480) was a Greek philosopher remembered for his cosmology, in which fire forms the basic material principle of an orderly universe. Little is known about his …

Feb 8, 2007 · A Greek philosopher of Ephesus (near modern Kuşadası, Turkey) who was active around 500 BCE, Heraclitus propounded a distinctive theory which he expressed in oracular language.

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 goes beyond the natural philosophy of the other Ionian philosophers to make profound criticisms and develop far-reaching implications of those criticisms. He suggests the first metaphysical foundation for philosophical speculation, anticipating process philosophy.

Oct 23, 2024 · Heraclitus of Ephesus, an ancient Greek philosopher (circa 535-475 BCE), is most famous for his ideas about the constant change and flux in the universe. His works have survived only in fragments—short, sometimes cryptic statements attributed to him by later authors.

Dec 9, 2022 · Heraclitus is arguably the most-misunderstood philosopher of all time. He is famous for being obscure and contrary — a maverick who advances extreme and indefensible theses about...

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.

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.

Sep 7, 2023 · Heraclitus of Ephesus, a pre-Socratic philosopher from around 500 BCE, is best known for his radical idea that everything in the universe is in a constant state of flux. His name is almost synonymous with the concept of change, particularly the idea that “you cannot step into the same river twice.”