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475 BCE - Neanthes of Cyzicus reported that Heraclitus died covered in dung after failing to cure himself of dropsy. [1] 458 BCE – Zeno of Elea, according to Valerius Maximus, was tortured and killed by the tyrant Nearchus, after biting off the tyrant's ear. 435 BCE – According to legend, Empedocles leapt to his death into the crater of Etna.
Heraclitus did state "nature loves to hide" [aa] and "a hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one". [ab] He also stated "The lord whose oracle is in Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign." [41] [ac] Heraclitus is the earliest known literary reference to the Delphic maxim to know thyself. [42] [ad]
He died on the spot through holding his breath. [37] [38] Qin Shi Huang: August 210 BC: The first emperor of China, whose artifacts and treasures include the Terracotta Army, died after ingesting several pills of mercury, in the belief that it would grant him immortality. [23] [39] [40] Chrysippus of Soli c. 206 BC
Heraclitus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος; fl. 1st century AD) was a grammarian and rhetorician, who wrote a Greek commentary on Homer which is still extant. Little is known about Heraclitus. It is generally accepted that he lived sometime around the 1st century AD. [ 1 ]
Herakleitos was very well received among Young Hegelians and by scholars influenced by German idealism. [5] Those who personally congratulated and praised Lassalle in letters included Alexander von Humboldt, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, Karl Richard Lepsius, Heinrich Karl Brugsch and August Böckh, and Lassalle was made a member of the Berlin Philosophical Society by Karl Ludwig Michelet. [3]
Sharabi did appear to know, however, that his brother Yossi – who was also taken hostage by Hamas – had subsequently died in Gaza, where his body remains, according to the Israeli military.
For some who fought, the memories of their sacrifices have since become tempered by the recent deterioration of security in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We did it all for nothing,” said Darren Doss, 25, a former Marine who fought in Marjah, Afghanistan, and lost friends in battle. In both wars, context made it tricky to deal with moral challenges.
Heracleides of Cyme, tyrant of Cyme in the 3rd century BC of uncertain name, usually accepted to be Heraclitus of Cyme; Heraclides (son of Antiochus), general of Alexander the Great; Heraclides (son of Argaeus), admiral of Alexander the Great; Heracleides of Maroneia, a Greek in the service of the Thracian chief Seuthes c. 300 BC