Mind-Benders of Greek & Roman History
The man who said “you cannot step in the same river twice” lived alongside Confucius
Heraclitus of Ephesus, who taught that everything is in flux and that “you cannot step into the same river twice,” was a contemporary of Confucius far to the east. Their lifetimes overlapped for roughly sixty years.
How we know
Heraclitus c. 540–480 BCE; Confucius 551–479 BCE. Overlap 540–480 BCE = 60 years.
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