Heraclitus of Ephesus (fl. c.500 bc)
One of the formative figures in Greek philosophy, commonly associated with the idea that ‘everything is in flux’. ‘Fluxing’ afterwards became associated with weeping: hence Heraclitus becomes ‘the weeping philosopher’, as opposed to the ‘laughing’ ... ...
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