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panta rhei (Πάντα ῥεῖ)

(Language: Greek)

Short Description: Greek. Literally, “everything flows”; the philosophy of the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus (500 BCE) that everything is constantly changing

Long Description: literally, “everything flows”; the philosophy of the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus (500 B.C.) that everything is constantly changing.

Sources: Light on the Ancient Worlds: New Translation with Selected Letters by Frithjof Schuon