“No man ever wrote more eloquently and luminously [than Heraclitus].”
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and writer whose works have had a profound impact on subsequent philosophy, literature, and thought. His ideas revolve around concepts such as the 'will to power', the 'Übermensch', and the 'eternal recurrence'. more
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Source: The Pre-Platonic Philosophers
“It was Heraclitus' ideas that seized Nietzsche so totally that he became completely mad.”
“[Heraclitus speaks as if] in entrancement ... but [also] truthfully.”
“[Heraclitus had] pride not in logical knowledge but rather in intuitive grasping of the truth.”
“[Heraclitus] concluded that coming-to-be itself could not be anything evil or unjust.”
Source: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks
Source: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks