Presocratic philosophy · c. 540–480 BCE
Heraclitus
Listen for order within change.
Ephesus · Ionia
Reading guides
A thread to guide your reading.
Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.
Listening for logos
Enter the fragments without turning difficulty into mystification.
Fragments and testimoniesReading an uncertain life
Separate sources, anecdotes and reconstruction in Diogenes’ biography.
Diogenes Laertius — Life of HeraclitusThe river and names
Compare Plato’s reading with the fragments and their context.
Plato — Cratylus: flux