Heraclitus Research Paper

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In my opinion, this posed question is related to Heraclitus and his thoughts of “reality is a flux”. In his famous riddle he claimed, “Upon those who step into the same rivers flow other and yet other waters”. I interpret what Heraclitus is trying to say as; the river itself remains the same, for example its location, however the water itself is continually changing. Similar to the river quote, he claims “The road from Canterbury to Dover is the road from Dover to Canterbury”. I believe both the river and road analogy is similar to humans. As we grow older our appearance changes continuously (water) however our needs remain nearly the same (river). When I think of the needs for a human, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs comes to mind first. Maslow’s