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The [[concept]] of '''becoming''' was born in eastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greece] by the philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus Heraclitus] of Hephesus, who in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC Sixth century BC], said that nothing in this world is constant except [[change]] or becoming. His [[theory]] stands in direct [[contrast]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides Parmenides], another Greek philosopher, but from the italic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Grecia Magna Grecia], who believed that the ontic changes or "becoming" we [[perceive]] with our [[senses]] is [[deceptive]], and that there is a [[pure]] [[perfect]] and [[eternal]] being behind [[nature]], which is the [[ultimate]] [[truth]]. In philosophy, the word "becoming" concerns a specific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological] concept, which should not be [[confused]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_philosophy process philosophy], which indicates a metaphysical [[doctrine]] of [[theology]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_%28philosophy%29]

The [[concept]] of '''becoming''' was born in eastern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greece] by the philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus Heraclitus] of Hephesus, who in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/600_BC Sixth century BC], said that nothing in this world is constant except [[change]] or becoming. His [[theory]] stands in direct [[contrast]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmenides Parmenides], another Greek philosopher, but from the italic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Grecia Magna Grecia], who believed that the ontic changes or "becoming" we [[perceive]] with our [[senses]] is [[deceptive]], and that there is a [[pure]] [[perfect]] and [[eternal]] being behind [[nature]], which is the [[ultimate]] [[truth]]. In philosophy, the word "becoming" concerns a specific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology ontological] concept, which should not be [[confused]] with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_philosophy process philosophy], which indicates a metaphysical [[doctrine]] of [[theology]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_%28philosophy%29]