In Practice Was Cleared..

Everything changes nothing 

remains the same. Heraclitus

     ''Panta rhei'', Everything flows

 This famous aphorism, this Heraclitus thought
many facts of history in my mind brought....

Neanderthals believed that their wooden spears,
were the ultimate weapon for many years..
but when once the bronze weapons appeared,
that "everything flows", in practice was cleared..

Eastern Romans built the highest walls in the world 
                                                                               [and they believed
that the enemy was on the outside, 
                                  [their new capital Byzantium will be twirled
but when once the cannons appeared,
that "everything flows", in practice was cleared..

Germans with their V-1 and V-2 missiles 
                                   [believed they were invincible,
until the royal air force became mythical,
when in the sky of Britain appeared
and that "everything flows", in practice was cleared..

The Japenese, with their kamikaze pilots thought were unbeatable,
but the atomic bomb proved
                            [that the neutralization of this weapon was feasible,
when in the sky the Superfortress bomber Enola Gay appeared
and that "everything flows", in practice was cleared..
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Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis - CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS//
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*Aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός aphorismos, "delimitation") is a terse saying, expressing a general truth, principle, or astute observation, and spoken or written in a laconic and memorable form

*Panta rhei, "everything flows" Πάντα ρει (panta rhei) "everything flows" either was not spoken by Heraclitus or did not survive as a quotation of his. This famous aphorism used to characterize Heraclitus' thought comes from Simplicius, a neoplatonist, and from Plato's Cratylus. The word rhei (cf. rheology) is the Greek word for "to stream", and is etymologically related to Rhea according to Plato's Cratylus.

The philosophy of Heraclitus is summed up in his cryptic utterance:
ποταμοῖσι τοῖσιν αὐτοῖσιν ἐμβαίνουσιν, ἕτερα καὶ ἕτερα ὕδατα ἐπιρρεῖ.
Potamoisi toisin autoisin embainousin, hetera kai hetera hudata epirrei
"Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers."

The quote from Heraclitus appears in Plato's Cratylus twice; in 401d as:
τὰ ὄντα ἰέναι τε πάντα καὶ μένειν οὐδέν
Ta onta ienai te panta kai menein ouden
"All entities move and nothing remains still"

*Heraclitus of Ephesus (/ˌhɛrəˈklaɪtəs/ Greek: Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος, Hērákleitos ho Ephésios; c. 535 – c. 475 BCE) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, a native of the Greek city Ephesus, Ionia, on the coast of Asia Minor. He was of distinguished parentage. Little is known about his early life and education, but he regarded himself as self-taught and a pioneer of wisdom. From the lonely life he led, and still more from the riddling and paradoxical nature of his philosophy and his stress upon the needless unconsciousness of humankind, he was called "The Obscure" and the "Weeping Philosopher".

Heraclitus is famous for his insistence on ever-present change in the universe, as stated in the famous saying, "No man ever steps in the same river twice" (see panta rhei, below). He believed in the unity of opposites, stating that "the path up and down are one and the same", all existing entities being characterized by pairs of contrary properties. His cryptic utterance that "all entities come to be in accordance with this Logos" (literally, "word", "reason", or "account") has been the subject of numerous interpretations.


*Wooden spears made already 400.000 years ago. The oldest spears were found on a site in Lower Saxony.
You can see and try such spears and many other prehistoric weapons and tools at the Stone Age Workshop.
Kawiuk: Spears, as the one the man is working on, were the most common hunting weapon. A stone spearhead was fixed to the shaft with glue made


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