Heraclitean
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Heraclitean
1785–95; < Latin Hēraclīte ( us ) (< Greek Hērakleíteios ) + -an
Example Sentences
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“It was an exploration of a Heraclitean principle,” Ms. Strebe said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2019
The Heraclitean precept has been mislaid by a generation of moviemakers more concerned on the whole with their medium than with Man.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is this perverted form of the Heraclitean philosophy which is supposed to effect the final overthrow of Protagorean sensationalism.
From Theaetetus by Benjamin Jowett
Knowledge of the transformations that had taken place in language, of the early phases of the family, of religion, of property, had all favoured the revival of the Heraclitean view: πἁντα ρει̃.
From Evolution in Modern Thought by August Weismann
But I am not responsible for what I never said, nor will I admit that my common-sense account of knowledge can be overthrown by unintelligible Heraclitean paradoxes.'
From Theaetetus by Benjamin Jowett
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