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Heraclitus
Pre-Socratic philosopher of Ephesus (c. 535–475 BC), of flux and the cosmic fire; the Stoics' forerunner in the doctrine of the world-conflagration (ekpyrosis).
Reading notes
- Meditations §3.3.1 Heraclitus
Philosopher of Ephesus (c. 535–475 BC); his doctrine of the world-fire (ekpyrosis) anticipated the Stoics. Marcus notes the irony that the theorist of fire died filled with water (dropsy).