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quoted in Hippocrates, On The Universe Diels-Kranz, fr. 91 (from Plutarch)Diels-Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 22B107 Diels-Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 22B29 Diels-Kranz, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker, 22B35

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The world, an entity out of everything, was created by neither gods nor men, but was, is and will be eternally living fire, regularly becoming ignited and regularly becoming extinguished.

Heraclitus

Heraclitus (c. 535–c. 475 B.C.), Greek philosopher. The Cosmic Fragments, no. 20 (c. 480 B.C.).

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