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Heraclitus was one of the most important philosopher in Greek’s society. He was born at Ephesus – a city of Greek – in 535 BCE. He was born into a wealthy family, but decided to live in the mountains. Heraclitus believed that life is like a river. Humanity should joint into the flow and enjoy the ride. One famous quote from Heraclitus is “Opposition brings concord: Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.” This quote, simply means that life always exists two parallel concepts conflicting. If we can balance the two concepts, things that are opposite will become fairest harmony. Heraclitus was known as a philosopher who always think out of the box in the society at that time. Many of his ideas still existing today. My experiences related

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