Heraclitus of Ephesus

            Heraclitus was born in the second greatest ancient Ionian city, called Ephesus in the year 500 B.C. He wrote one book called “On Nature” which was perhaps divided into three sections of cosmology, politics, and theology. Heraclitus placed his dedicated book in the temple of Artemis. He is mainly known as an obscure philosopher because of his insignificance, of his language and the enigmatic principles of his writings. Heraclitus was also into logos which are like the sights and sounds of the earth, yet the only material logo he was into was fire because it’s the manifestation of logos or sights and sounds of the earth, which creates an infinite and uncorrupted world plus it changes or transforms to water and earth. According to Giannis Stamatellos, Heraclitus once said, “Opposition brings concord; out of discord comes the fairest harmony,” which means sometimes you have to go through very rough times to get to very good times. It can also mean facing adversity, conquering adversity brings peace of soul. Heraclitus used this quote to express the eternal change and mobility in terms of continuous conflict between species which converts the world into various shapes as a harmony of the opposites. These opposites sustain everything in nature, like good and evil, which are simply opposite sides of the same single thing. I have even dealt with this quote at least once in my life, like as of today I have been in a relationship since late October, and she and I have had bumps in the road. With her parents not liking me for some reason and then keeping her from growing up and leaving the house to go anywhere, it’s difficult to stay in love with someone I barely see now a days, yet all I can hope is that sometime soon things will change for the better good and both of us can live a happy life with each other. Only time will tell if it can happen or we move on with our lives in different directions.

                                                          Works Cited

Stamatellos, Giannis. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." SpringerReference (1997-2006): n. pag. Web. 27 Mar. 2016.