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Single Idea 13782

[from 'fragments/reports' by Heraclitus, in 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects ]

Full Idea

Everything gives way, and nothing stands fast.

Gist of Idea

Everything gives way, and nothing stands fast

Source

Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE]), quoted by Plato - Cratylus 402a

Book Reference

Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.120


A Reaction

This is as good a summary of the Heraclitus view of things as any, and Plato appears to present it as a verbatim quotation.