Heraclitus

Definition: Heraclitus

Heraclitus

Noun

1. Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC).

Date "Heraclitus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Lamentation	Mourner; grumbler; (discontent); Noobe; Heraclitus.
Ridiculousness	Phrase: risum teneatis amici; rideret Heraclitus; du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Heraclitus

Specialty definitions using "Heraclitus": Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame. (references)

Domain	Usage
Clever	Character is our destiny. (references; author: Heraclitus) Man's character is his fate. (references; author: Heraclitus) Bigotry is the sacred disease. (references; author: Heraclitus) All is flux, nothing stats still. (references; author: Heraclitus) The path up and down is one and the same. (references; author: Heraclitus)
Movie/TV Titles	Code Name: Heraclitus (1967)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Art and Thought of Heraclitus : A New Arrangement and Translation of the Fragments with Literary and Philosophical Commentary (reference) Heraclitus Seminar (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) (reference) Fragments: The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus (reference) Expect the Unexpected or You Won't Find It: A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus (reference) Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna: From the Great Philosophers: The Original Thinkers (Harvest Book, Hb 288) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Heraclitus	Character is our destiny.
	Man's character is his fate.
	Bigotry is the sacred disease.
	All is flux, nothing stats still.
	The path up and down is one and the same.
	A man's character is his guardian divinity.
	Strife is the source and the master of all things.
	Corpses are more fit to be thrown out than is dung.
	Everything comes about by way of strife and necessity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Heraclitus" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Heraclitus" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	50%	2	245,945
Noun (plural)	50%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

Expression using "Heraclitus": rideret Heraclitus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "Heraclitus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		heraklit. (various references)

Pig Latin		eraclitushay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-r-s-t-u"
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	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-r-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: ultrafiches.
	+2 letters: chartularies, unhysterical.
	+3 letters: heuristically.
	+4 letters: unhysterically.
	+5 letters: pharmaceuticals.
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