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Time is a child playing a board game. The child is king.

Heraclitus, Fragment B52 (Diels-Kranz)

The source

"Time is a child playing a board game. The child is king." Heraclitus said it in Fragment B52 (Diels-Kranz). Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

"αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων πεσσεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη."

Original Greek, Fragment B52 (Diels-Kranz). Greek: Diels-Kranz fragment text via el.wikisource.

Who said it

Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Philosopher of Ephesus who taught that everything flows. Only fragments of his book survive.

Questions

Who said "Time is a child playing a board game. The child is king."?
Heraclitus (c. 535–475 BC). Source: Fragment B52 (Diels-Kranz).
What is the original Greek?
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων πεσσεύων· παιδὸς ἡ βασιληίη. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

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