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Problem of change & permanence in antiquity
What is the problem of change? One of the most striking and mysterious of all the appearances in the world about us is that of change. The problem early arose as to how things can change and yet remain themselves, be infinitely diverse and yet stem from a single or a few basic elements. This is what is known as the problem of change and permanence, and it was destined to dominate greek philosophy for a century and a half. Heraclitus Heraclitus is still known as the philosophe
