On Stupidity

The ancient (pre-Socratic) Greek philosopher Heraclitus is most remembered for having written, “Change is the only constant,” or alternatively translated, “Nothing endures but change.”   He wrote, “Into the same rivers we both do and do not step,” meaning that the river itself is ever-changing.

This forms a sort of harmony between Eastern and Western philosophy and is presented in Herman Hesse’s “Siddartha.”

His works are recognized in the modern world as “fragments,” since he never wrote long treatises, as did Aristotle and the folks who came later.

At left is a fragment I hadn’t come across, though I like it very much.

He did write, “Thought is quick,” though, given the quote here, one wonders if that was sarcasm.