{"id":1679,"date":"2013-07-06T04:51:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T04:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/06\/panta-rhei-everything-flows\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T04:51:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T04:51:59","slug":"panta-rhei-everything-flows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/06\/panta-rhei-everything-flows\/","title":{"rendered":"Panta rhei, “everything flows”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panta rhei<\/em>, “everything flows"\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[edit<\/a>]<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u03a0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1fe5\u03b5\u1fd6<\/span>\u00a0(panta rhei<\/em>) "everything flows” either was not spoken by Heraclitus or did not survive as a quotation of his. This famous\u00a0aphorism<\/a>\u00a0used to characterize Heraclitus’ thought comes from\u00a0Simplicius<\/a>,[31]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0a\u00a0neoplatonist<\/a>, and from Plato’s\u00a0Cratylus<\/a><\/em>. The word\u00a0rhei<\/em>\u00a0(cf.\u00a0rheology<\/a>) is the Greek word for “to stream, and to the etymology of\u00a0Rhea<\/a>\u00a0according to Plato’s\u00a0Cratylus<\/a><\/em>.”[32]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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Heraclitus by\u00a0Hendrick ter Brugghen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The philosophy of Heraclitus is summed up in his cryptic utterance:[33]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03bc\u03d0\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, \u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f15\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1 \u1f55\u03b4\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c1\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6.<\/span>
Potamoisi toisin autoisin embainousin, hetera kai hetera hudata epirrei<\/em>
“Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The quote from Heraclitus appears in\u00a0Plato<\/a>‘s\u00a0Cratylus<\/a><\/em>\u00a0twice; in 401,d as:[34]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f30\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03ad\u03bd\u201d<\/span>
Ta onta ienai te panta kai menein ouden<\/em>
“All entities move and nothing remains still”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

and in 402,a[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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“\u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c7\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u1f72\u03bd \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9” \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 “\u03b4\u1f76\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f78\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u1f78\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f02\u03bd \u1f10\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03b7\u03c2”<\/span>
Panta ch\u014drei kai ouden menei kai dis es ton auton potamon ouk an embaies<\/em>
“Everything changes and nothing remains still\u00a0… and\u00a0… you cannot step twice into the same stream”[36]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Instead of “flow” Plato uses\u00a0ch\u014drei<\/em>, to change\u00a0ch\u014dros<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The assertions of flow are coupled in many fragments with the enigmatic river image:[37]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\u03a0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u1f10\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, \u03b5\u1f36\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd \u03c4\u03b5 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bf\u1f50\u03ba \u03b5\u1f36\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd.<\/span>
“We both step and do not step in the same rivers. We are and are not.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Compare with the Latin adages\u00a0Omnia mutantur<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Tempora mutantur<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(8 CE<\/span>) and the Japanese tale\u00a0H\u014dj\u014dki<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0(1200 CE<\/span>) which contains the same image of the changing river, and the central Buddhist doctrine of\u00a0impermanence<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Panta rhei, “everything flows"\u00a0[edit] \u03a0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1fe5\u03b5\u1fd6\u00a0(panta rhei) "everything flows” either was not spoken by Heraclitus or did not survive as a quotation of his. This famous\u00a0aphorism\u00a0used to characterize Heraclitus’ thought comes from\u00a0Simplicius,[31]\u00a0a\u00a0neoplatonist, and from Plato’s\u00a0Cratylus. The word\u00a0rhei\u00a0(cf.\u00a0rheology) is the Greek word for “to stream, and to the etymology of\u00a0Rhea\u00a0according to Plato’s\u00a0Cratylus.”[32] Heraclitus by\u00a0Hendrick ter Brugghen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video_graphics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-r5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3162,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/04\/14\/3162\/","url_meta":{"origin":1679,"position":0},"title":"Untitled Post","author":"monochromist","date":"April 14, 2011","format":"gallery","excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monochromist.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/tumblr_ljm9ckGfEf1qzsz45o1_1280.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3458,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/29\/%cf%84%e1%bd%b0-%e1%bd%84%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b1-%e1%bc%b0%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%84%ce%b5-%cf%80%ce%ac%ce%bd%cf%84%ce%b1-%ce%ba%ce%b1%e1%bd%b6-%ce%bc%ce%ad%ce%bd%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bd-%ce%bf%e1%bd%90\/","url_meta":{"origin":1679,"position":1},"title":"\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f30\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 29, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"\u03c4\u1f70 \u1f44\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u1f30\u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b5 \u03c0\u03ac\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50\u03b4\u03ad\u03bd\u201d Ta onta ienai te panta kai menein ouden \u201cAll things move and nothing remains still Heraclitus#Panta_rhei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3559,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/19\/as-this-wave-from-memories-flows-in-the-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":1679,"position":2},"title":"As this wave from memories\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"March 19, 2011","format":"quote","excerpt":"As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks up like a sponge and expands. 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