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Heraclitus - Ionian School, Work Cited: Bryan, Van. “Heraclitus: The…

- - - - River Paradox
        
        "It's not possible to step in the same river twice"
        
        When you step in the river, you create a disturbance which changes it slightly and therefore makes it a slightly different river than the one you stepped in
      - Opposites
        
        Believes that opposites exist in a state of harmony and are interchangeable (not identical!)
        
        We cannot appreciate health without sickness, just as we can't live a fulfilling life without the anticipation of death
        
        "The way up is the same as the way down"
    - - A divine, universal law that governs the everlasting flux in the universe and unites all that exists
        
        Incomprehensible to mortal beings
- - - - Believes that power should be in the hands of a group of wise people, rather than democracy
      - There is almost no information about his life
        
        Died 484 BCE