Concept
Panta rhei (doctrine)
Overview
The formula panta rhei (Ancient Greek: πάντα ῥεῖ, meaning "everything flows") is an aphorism which describes Heraclitus' doctrine. Plato attributes this teaching to Heraclitus in his dialogue Cratylus, but the formula first appears in the work of the late antique Neoplatonist Simplicius. This formulaic summary of Heraclitus' thought was already in use in Augustan times. Its Latin translation (cuncta fluunt) can be found in the 15th book of Metamorphoses in the "Speech of Pythagoras", in which Ovid sets out the natural philosophical foundation of his Metamorphoses.
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Philosophers who discussed Panta rhei (doctrine)
Related ideas
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- Homer
- Heraclitus
- Ancient Greek
- Friedrich Hölderlin
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Cratylus (dialogue)
- Platonism
- Plato
- Pythagoras
- Neoplatonism
- Socrates
- Aphorism
- Aristotle
- Ovid
- Natural philosophy
- Diels–Kranz numbering
- Simplicius of Cilicia
- Metamorphoses
- Existence
- Geoffrey Kirk
- Hans Joachim Störig
Place in the tradition
Part of Heraclitus.