Heraclitus Quotes


It is hard to contend against one's heart's desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.


Citations

Heraclitus. The Presocratic Philosophers. Edited by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, and M. Schofield, 2nd ed., Cambridge UP, 1983, p. 210.

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Heraclitus
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Heraclitus of Ephesus was an Ancient Greek, pre-Socratic, Ionian philosopher and a native of the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire.