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Noun: Heraclitus  ,he-ru'klI-tus
  1. A presocratic 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)

Type of: philosopher

Encyclopedia: Heraclitus