30 Phil, Chapter 7, Heraclitus, Touchstone 17: Impermanence and Flux.
Impermanence as Flux is the idea of an ever-changing nature of life and the interconnectedness of all things. It is summed up as:
“Everything is in flux.”
Like the idea a “river,” everything flows. The only constant is change, and to resist it is to resist the natural order of things.
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