Heraclitus Quotes
If one does not expect the unexpected, one will not find it out, since it is not to be searched out, and difficut to compass.
Topics
Complexity, Complexities
Discovery
Exploration
Thinking
Uncertainty
Difficulty
Open-mindedness
Surprise, Surprises
Unexpected
Unexpected Events
Unpredictability
Unforeseen
Adaptability
Unanticipated
Unexpected Discoveries
Unexpectedness
Unforeseen Circumstances
Unpredictable Nature
Unpredictable Outcomes
Unpreparedness
Citations
Heraclitus. The Presocratic Philosophers. Edited by G. S. Kirk, J. E. Raven, and M. Schofield, 2nd ed., Cambridge UP, 1983, p. 195.
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