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Heraclitus Poems - Poems about Heraclitus


Unity of contrasts
The river flows, and in its twisting it breaks and rebuilds itself, a perpetual motion that devours itself and gives birth to time. It is night in the heart of day, light in the depths of darkness, a fire blazing in the silence of the world, and there, where shadows gather, lies the seed of lightning. Everything sings its opposite: death shapes form, life corrodes, only...

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Categories: heraclitus, conflict, philosophy, universe,
Form: Free verse
Coming Home Poems
Coming home' poems - all missing the point. You can't come home; you are home....

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Categories: heraclitus, age, love, nostalgia, philosophy,
Form: Haiku



Heraclitus
Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “We can’t, though this sounds ridiculous, dip even our five toes into water that flows through the same stream twice; ‘flux’ won’t let us."...

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Categories: heraclitus, philosophy,
Form: Limerick
Greek Philosophy After Heraclitus - Continued In Verse - With the Pluralists
THE PLURALISTS : Empedocles & Anaxagoras That single primary substance the ‘arche’ of the Ionian philosophers , Was challenged by Emphedocles (b.495BC) and Anaxagoras(b.500BC) ! Emphedocles spoke of four qualitative elements of Nature ; As Earth , Air , Fire and Water ! And also of two mythical beings - love and hate ; Which caused all elements to unite , or to separate and...

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Categories: heraclitus, historymen, hate, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Ancient Greek Philosophy Continued : Heraclitus and Parmenides
Heraclitus : The world continues to be in a state of flux , Where strife (Nekos) and love (Philia) , Are the dividing and uniting forces in control , To ensure the balance and unity of the whole ! Harmony is the union of opposites ; Just as the high and low musical notes combine , To create music and...

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Categories: heraclitus, historyschool, world, change, school,
Form: Rhyme



Heraclitus
Heraclitus! Can we never step in the Same water twice? For other waters are forever Flowing onto us! I try to think of ways to Cheat your wisdom. What if the waters are frozen? Surely then I can keep what I never want to lose? But a frozen stream like An icy soul denies And bars admittance. Were they only dreams? Things already past! Nothing endures...

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Categories: heraclitus, passion
Form: Free verse

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