Heraclitean

American  

[her-uh-klahy-tee-uhn, -klahy-tee-] / ˌhɛr əˈklaɪ ti ən, -klaɪˈti- /

Also Heraclitic

adjective

1. of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.

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noun

1. a person who believes in or advocates the philosophy of Heraclitus.

Etymology

Origin of Heraclitean

1785–95; < Latin Hēraclīte ( us ) (< Greek Hērakleíteios ) + -an

Example Sentences

“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

Like the Heraclitean fanatics whom Plato has ridiculed in the Theaetetus, they were incapable of giving a reason of the faith that was in them, and had all the animosities of a religious sect.

From Timaeus by Jowett, Benjamin

It did not occur to Theagenes to ask whether any evidence existed to show that the pre-Homeric Greeks were Empedoclean or Heraclitean philosophers.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

But the reply is in the end shown to be inconsistent with the Heraclitean foundation, on which the doctrine has been affirmed to rest.

From Theaetetus by Jowett, Benjamin