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[[Image:Heraclitus.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
[[Image:Heraclitus.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
'''Heraclitus''' (540 B.C. - 480 B.C) was a great ancient [[Greek]] [[philosopher]]. He was known as "The Obscure" for his cryptic style. He is known to us through 125 fragments of his own works and by comments from later authors. He lived in [[Ephesus]], a city in [[Asia Minor]].
'''Heraclitus''' (540 B.C. - 480 B.C) was a great [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[philosopher]]. He was known as "The Obscure" for his cryptic style. He is known to us through 125 fragments of his own works and by comments from later authors. He lived in [[Ephesus]], a city in [[Asia Minor]].
Heraclitus believed in universal impermanence ("everything is in flux") and that all things (notably opposites) were interrelated. Fragments #20 and #21 show this and also his most well known quote - that of the river.
Heraclitus believed in universal impermanence ("everything is in flux") and that all things (notably opposites) were interrelated. Fragments #20 and #21 show this and also his most well known quote - that of the river.