579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once |
Full Idea: Cratylus was appalled that Heraclitus said you could not step twice into the same river, because it was already going too far to admit stepping into the same river once. | |
From: report of Cratylus (fragments/reports [c.425 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1010a | |
A reaction: Compare Idea 427. |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger |
Full Idea: Cratylus thought speech of any kind was radically inappropriate and that expression should be restricted exclusively to the movement of the finger. | |
From: report of Cratylus (fragments/reports [c.425 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1010a |