Full Name: Heraclitus
Nickname: The Obscure, Weeping Philosopher

Gender: Male
 
Father Name: Blosôn or Herakôn
Mother Name: Didn't found

Date of Birth: c. 535 BCE
Birth Place: Ephesus, Asia Minor (now Turkey)
Date of Death: c. 475 BCE
Death Place: Ephesus, Asia Minor (now Turkey)
Cause of Death: Unspecified

Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Philosopher
Main Interests: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Politics, Cosmology
Notable Ideas: Logos, Everything Flows

Influenced: Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Hegel, Engels, Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler, Karl Popper, Terence McKenna, Montaigne, Heidegger

Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c. 535 BCE - c. 475 BCE) is familiar for suggesting that the universe could be a balance of opposing forces perpetually in flux and specifying "fire" as the basic substance which underlies physical reality. Little is known about his early life and education from later writers, including Plato and Aristotle. He was born in c. 535 BCE in Ephesus, Asia Minor (now Turkey). His father was Blosôn or Herakôn. He is considered an influence on modern ideas such as relativity and process theology. His works influenced almost all renowned philosopher such as Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Friedrich Hegel, Friedrich Engels, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler, Karl Popper, Terence McKenna, Michel de Montaigne, Martin Heidegger etc. He died on c. 535 BCE in Ephesus, Asia Minor (now Turkey).