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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus (who lived about 535-475
b. c. ). - noun A follower of Heraclitus.
- noun Also
Heraclitan .
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Examples
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Professor Bergson, believing as he does in a heraclitean 'devenir réel,' ought, if I rightly understand him, positively to deny that in the actual world the logical axioms hold good without qualification.
A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy William James 1876
fbharjo commented on the word heraclitean
inscrutable?
December 12, 2011