Probably not--"This world, which is always the same for all men, neither god nor man made: it has always been, it is, and always shall be: an everlasting fire rhythmically dying and flaring up again." (Herakleitos, translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport)
Haiku. I wonder — is there an older, more powerful symbol than fire?
ReplyDeleteProbably not--"This world, which is always the same for all men, neither god nor man made: it has always been, it is, and always shall be: an everlasting fire rhythmically dying and flaring up again." (Herakleitos, translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport)
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