Heraclitus
he·rac·li·tus
noun
1.
a presocratic Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC)
Origin
From Latin Hēraclītus, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).
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