Heraclitus of Ephesus
(fl.c.500 bc).Pre-Socratic philosopher. Nothing is known of his life (the ancient ‘biographies’ are fiction). There is no sign that he ever left his native city, which at that time was part of the empire of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. (Iranian influences on his thinking have sometimes been suggested.)... ...
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