"The mutual transformations of matter are not an accidental feature, but the very essence of nature. Without change, there would be no world. Heraclitus seems t

"The mutual transformations of matter are not an accidental feature, but the very essence of nature. Without change, there would be no world. Heraclitus seems to acknowledge this in his praise of war and strife: We must recognize that war is common, strife is justice, and all things happen according to strife and necessity. War is father of all and king of all; and some he manifested as gods, some as men; some he made slaves, some free. Conflicting powers of opposites, including those of elemental bodies, make possible the world and all its variety; without that conflict we would have only lifeless uniformity." From: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus