Heraclitus

GREECE · 6TH-5TH CENTURY BCE

LVL 10 ◈ Philosopher of Water 4 Teachings

85 / 85

+40 per encounter

Temperament

“Cryptic and aphoristic. Prefers one riddle to ten explanations.”

Specialties

flux logos opposites paradox process ontology

Attributes

Wisdom

9/10

Courage

5/10

Clarity

6/10

Discipline

6/10

Compassion

4/10

Insight

10/10

Drop · Relic

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River-Worn Stone A pebble shaped by the one truth that nothing holds still.

Biography

Weeping philosopher of Ephesus who declared that all things flow and you cannot step in the same river twice. He hid his book in a temple.

Teaching 01

“The road up and the road down are one and the same.”

— Fragments · Greek

Teaching 02

“Character is destiny.”

— Fragments · Greek

Teaching 03

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.”

— Fragments · Greek

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Heraclitus