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Essay heading: Heraclitus
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Heraclitus is said to have influenced Parmenides, Empedocles, Democritus, Plato, and the Stoics.
Heraclitus said: "You cannot step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you." This statement is the essence of the concept of "flux" as it means that the river is always different every time you step into it... displayed 300 characters
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He looked at everything being in the state of change and that only change is permanent. "He told
people that nothing is the same now as it was before, and thus nothing what is now will be the same tomorrow. With this he planted the idea of impermanence into Greek thought, and indeed, after Heraclitus Greek philosophy was not the same anymore... displayed next 300 characters
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