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“ ”It is necessary to take what is common as our guide; however, though this logic is universal, the many live as if each individual has his own private wisdom.
About Heraclitus
Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ἡράκλειτος, Herakleitos; c. 535 BC – 475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe, and for establishing the term Logos (λόγος) in Western philosophy as meaning both the source and fundamental order of the Cosmos.
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Additional quotes by Heraclitus
For the best men choose one thing above all — immortal glory among mortals; but the masses stuff themselves like cattle.
Ἓν τὸ σοφόν, ἐπίστασθαι γνώμην ᾗ κυβερνᾶται πάντα διὰ πάντων
(One is wisdom: to know the thought whereby all is steered by all)
The road up and the road down is one and the same.
(ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή) — Fragment 60