Perennial Wisdom

Heraclitus on the Wisdom of Change


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Today, on this Sunday edition of Perennial Wisdom, we are turning to the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus, who famously said,

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

Heraclitus believed that everything and everyone is in a constant state of change. While this idea might seem unsettling, he presents it not as a threat but as a vital key. To live well, we must live with change, not against it.


When Heraclitus wandered through the ancient streets of Ionia in the 6th century BCE, he was known not for power or prestige, but for speaking in paradoxes. His fragments are short and cryptic, yet they reveal wisdom.Ā 


He saw what many refused to see: that stability is an illusion, and becoming is the ground of all being. ā€œEverything flows; nothing stands still,ā€ he stressed. [...]


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