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And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statement about that which is in all ways and entirely changeable. For it was from this supposition that there blossomed forth the most extreme view of those which we have mentioned, that of the professed followers of Heraclitus, and such as Cratylus held, who ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger; and who criticized Heraclitus for saying that one cannot enter the same river twice, for he himself held that it cannot be done even once. ↗

— Aristotle

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People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls. ↗

— Heraclitus

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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature. ↗

— Heraclitus

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Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world. ↗

— Heraclitus

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All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change) bound opposites together in a unified tension, which is like that of a lyre, where a stable harmonious sound emerges from the tension of the opposing forces that arise from the bow bound together by the string. ↗

— Heraclitus

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