Turning Goldberg on his head, McCarthy’s Heraclitus teaches that we shouldn’t get all worked up about having a moral reprobate in the White House, lest we make ourselves miserable.

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Heraclitus once said that life "bubbles forth" in a natural magic beyond the confines of entailing law and mathematization. We stand to be re-enchanted and may find our way beyond modernity to ...

Heraclitus has another quote that can help us stay aware of this undeniable fact: "You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you." ...

It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who wrote, “The only constant in life is change.” People weren’t comfortable with change when he wrote that, some 2,600 years ago, and we’re still not.

Heraclitus If you think James Joyce or William Faulkner are tough reads, try Heraclitus. Despite the difficulty, his writing has been quoted and debated by thinkers from Aristotle to Nietzche to ...

Mr. Stulberg writes about excellence and mental health, and is author of the new book “Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing — Including You,” from which this essay is ...

Anyway, Heraclitus appears to have been onto something here. That in the midst of life, to recall a line from the Book of Common Prayer, there is always death. “Flesh fade, ...

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