Fragments of Heraclitus

"War is the father of all and king of all"

52. Time is a child playing draughts, the kingly power is a child’s.

53. War is the father of all and the king of all; and some he has made gods and some men, some bond and some free.

54. The hidden attunement is better than the open.

55. The things that can be seen, heard, and learned are what I prize the most.

56. Men allow themselves to be deceived as Homer was, who yet w…