Heraclitus, as quoted in Fragments (2001), translated by Brooks Haxton

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

— Heraclitus on Time

What It Means

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Heraclitus

About Heraclitus

Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ἡράκλειτος, Herakleitos; c. 535 BC – 475 BC) was a Greek philosopher, known for his doctrine of change being central to the universe, and for establishing the term Logos (λόγος) in Western philosophy as meaning both the source and fundamental order of the Cosmos.