Heraclitus
Americannoun
noun
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Sometimes the clues are more cute than scary, such as the references to Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher who asserted the illusory nature of reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Some Presocratics, such as Parmenides, were monists while others, such as Heraclitus, were plurists.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
“Swift Arrow,” deftly interpreted by Peck and Mejia, comes with an epigraph from the Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “The harmony of the ordered-world is one of contrary tensions, like that of the harp or bow.”
From Washington Post • May 3, 2021
Character, the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus contended, is fate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2021
Heraclitus saith that “War is the father of all things,” for we could not subsist without strife within us and unease.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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