Question

This thinker describes a drunk man as being “led along, stumbling, by a beardless boy” while his soul is moist. According to Diogenes Laertius, this thinker hoped that familiarity would “breed contempt” when he deposited his writings at a temple of Artemis. A book by Shimon Malin is titled for this thinker’s claim that “nature loves to hide.” It’s not Empedocles, but this thinker wrote of fire (10[1])transforming to water (-5[1])transforming to earth in his “downward path,” and (-5[1])championed the unity of strife and justice. (10[1])Often given the epithet “the obscure” for his self-contradictory (10[1])statements, this pre-Socratic philosopher (10[1])from Ephesus promoted the idea of (10[1])ekpyrosis (“eck-pie-ROH-siss”), or cycles (-5[1])of conflagration and fire. For 10 points, (10[1])name this “weeping” (10[1])philosopher, (10[3]-5[1])who declared “all things flow” and (10[1])that one cannot (10[1])step in the same (10[1])river (10[1]-5[1])twice. (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: Heraclitus
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxford ADurham A6610
Sam FooCambridge AEdinburgh69-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech A77-5
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CCedarville8410
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BWarwick9310
James McCurleyHarvard BYale B9710
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateClaremont A10310
Enoch YuenImperial ACambridge B106-5
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A11310
Ted WarnerBristolOxford B11610
Eileen PengOxford CKCL11710
Jake RobertsDurham BKiel117-5
Ian DewanKielDurham B11710
Andrew FisherSheffieldCambridge C11710
Jason HongBrown ABrandeis A12310
Joy AnHarvard ATufts B12610
Seth WebbTexas A&M AIowa A13010
Russell NipUBC AUW A13110
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BKenyon131-5
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge A13210
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)UNC C (UG)1330
Diego Almaraz (UG)UNC C (UG)Maryland B (UG)1330
Anton AkroushMichigan State AIowa B1330
Cormac BeirneSorbonneRice A13310
Jisoon YooTexas ATexas A&M B13310
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonOhio State B1330
Brendan BethlehemCambridge BImperial A13310
Quentin MotGeorgia Tech AGeodesic13310