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Fire is the 'stuff' of which all else in the universe is made. Fire is ever changing, never still and never the same. Since everything is constantly changing, since change is the fundamental characteristic of the universe, the forever changing fire must be the material of the universe. "You could not step twice in the same river, for other and yet other waters are ever flowing on." Change is all that is. Change is the essence of all things. If we had eyes powerfull enough to see, we would see even the most stable thing is actually changing all the time. The universe is ruled with strife; all things start breaking up the moment it is formed. Nothing is permanent. Heraclitius was a son of a noble family of Ephesus. Ideas of the Great Philosophers Barnes & Noble, Inc. |