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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
(ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή)
—Fragment 60


Heraclitus

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And a ton came down on a gaol,
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VERA NAZARIAN The mind; it
often clings to
the road
it knows,
but there is a
certain...
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I don’t know why.
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Where the flyin' fishes play,
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That you can't carry
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I pass, a wilful stranger:
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full of advent...
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HERACLITUS Even a soul submerged in sleep
is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
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is the greatest virtue.
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the truth and act
i...
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to keep their law
as to defend the citys walls.
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HERACLITUS One thunderbolt strikes
root through everything
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do what I have done:
inquire within
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HERACLITUS Give me one man
from among ten thousand
if he is the best
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may not be the best good fortune
Health seems sweetest
aft...
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from Hesiod the countless names
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never unde...
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therefore, to cringe
at every syllable
of wisdom.
HERACLITUS The Aeon is a child at play with colored balls.

(translation/paraphrase: Terence McKenna)
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who wanted no conflict
among us, gods
or people.
Harmony nee...
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Nothing endures but change.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Much learning does not teach understanding.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS A man's character is his guardian divinity.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all thi...
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are continually flowing in.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Upon those who step into the same rivers different and ever different waters flow down.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The way up and the way down are one and the same
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Character is destiny.
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Man is not made for defeat
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You cannot step into the same river twice
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HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS You can't go home again. Your childhood is lost. The friends of your youth are gone. Your present is...
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS People that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS To God all things are beautiful, good, and right; human beings, on the other hand, deem some things ...
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS When men dream, each has his own world. When they are awake, they have a common world.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The real constitution of things is accustomed to hide itself
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS The people should fight for the law as for their city wall
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, satiety and want
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Nothing is, everything is becoming.
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS