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TIL about Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, who introduced the concept of 'Panta Rhei' (everything flows) and famously stated 'One cannot step twice in the same river.' His philosophical stance emphasized the constant flux and transformation in the universe.

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