Heraclitus: Quotes about people

Heraclitus is pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on people.
Heraclitus: 92   quotes 46   likes

“Although the Law of Reason is common, the majority of people live as though they had an understanding of their own.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 92, as translated by G.W.T. Patrick, trans.
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People , Law , Understanding

“It would not be better if things happened to people just as they wish.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 110
Variant translation: It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.
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People

“The people must fight for its law as for its walls.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 44
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People , Law , Fight

“The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.”

Heraclitus

Fragment 5, as translated by G. W. T. Patrick
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Source: Clement, Stromates, II, 8, 1

People , Understanding , Knowledge

“The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.”

Heraclitus
People