1. Heraclitus [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] heraclitus. heraclitus is the first Western philosopher to go beyond physical theory in search of metaphysical foundations and moral applications. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/heraclit.htm

Heraclitus A Greek philosopher of the late 6th century BCE, Heraclitus criticizes his predecessors and contemporaries for their failure to see the unity in experience. He claims to announce an everlasting Word (Logos) according to which all things are one, in some sense. Opposites are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balanced exchanges. The world itself consists of a law-like interchange of elements, symbolized by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any particular substance, but rather with an ongoing process governed by a law of change. The underlying law of nature also manifests itself as a moral law for human beings. Heraclitus is the first Western philosopher to go beyond physical theory in search of metaphysical foundations and moral applications. Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Life and Times Theory of Knowledge The Doctrine of Flux and the Unity of Opposites Criticism of Ionian Philosophy ... Suggestions for Further Reading Life and Times Heraclitus lived in Ephesus, an important city on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor, not far from Miletus, the birthplace of philosophy. We know nothing about his life other than what can be gleaned from his own statements, for all ancient biographies of him consist of nothing more than inferences or imaginary constructions based on his sayings. Although Plato thought he wrote after

2. Heraclitus Of Ephesos heraclitus. His Life and Philosophy. heraclitus, son of Vloson, was born about 535 BCE in Ephesos, the second great Greek Ionian city. http://www.forthnet.gr/presocratics/heracln.htm

Heraclitus [His Life and Philosophy] Heraclitus, son of Vloson, was born about 535 BCE in Ephesos, the second great Greek Ionian city. He was a man of strong and independent philosophical spirit. Unlike the Milesian philosophers whose subject was the material beginning of the world, Heraclitus focused instead on the internal rhythm of nature which moves and regulates things, namely, the Logos (Rule). Heraclitus is the philosopher of the eternal change. He expresses the notion of eternal change in terms of the continuous flow of the river which always renews itself. Heraclitus accepted only one material source of natural substances, the Pyr (Fire). This Pyr is the essence of Logos which creates an infinite and uncorrupted world, without beginning. It converts this world into various shapes as a harmony of the opposites. The composition of opposites sustains everything in nature. "Good" and "bad" are simply opposite sides of the same thing.« To God all things are beautiful and good and just, but men have supposed some things to be unjust, others just [His Death] Diogenis Laertius (CE. c 200) in his 8

3. Philosophers : Heraclitus heraclitus of Ephesus. Greek Philosopher. 540–480. No Greek philosopher born before Socrates was more creative and influential than heraclitus of Ephesus. http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/phil/philo/phils/heraclitus.html

Heraclitus of Ephesus Greek Philosopher No Greek philosopher born before Socrates was more creative and influential than Heraclitus of Ephesus. Around the beginning of the fifth century BC, in a prose that made him proverbial for obscurity, he criticized conventional opinions about the way things are and attacked the authority of poets and others reputed to be wise. His surviving work consists of more than 100 epigrammatic sentences, complete in themselves and often comparable to the proverbs characteristic of 'wisdom' literature. Notwithstanding their sporadic presentation and transmission, Heraclitus' sentences comprise a philosophy that is clearly focused upon a determinate set of interlocking ideas. Although Heraclitus presents himself as uniquely enlightened, he was clearly familiar with the leading thinkers of his time. He draws attention to the relativity of judgments and the difference between humans and animals in ways that recall Xenophanes' critique of religious beliefs. He almost certainly knew and rejected Pythagoras' doctrine of the transmigration of souls (see Pythagoras). His cosmology is both indebted to and a criticism of Milesian science: the criticism appears particularly in his denial of the world's beginning, but his focus on the law-like processes of nature has clear affinities with Anaximander's celebrated doctrine of cosmic justice. Index Interactive Search Links ... Feedback

4. Heraclitus Lecture heraclitus. Introduction. Fl. 500 B.C. in Ephesus, north of Miletus in Asia Minor. He was known in antiquity as the obscure.. And even today, it is very difficult to be certain what heraclitus was talking about. As Barnes says (Presocratics, p. http://faculty.washington.edu/smcohen/320/heracli.htm

Heraclitus Introduction Presocratics , p. 57): One thing seems certain: Heraclitus had an extremely negative reaction to Milesian thought. For the Milesians, what is real is fixed and permanent; change somehow had to be explained away. They understood changes as alterations of some basic, underlying, material stuff which is, in its own nature, unchanging. Heraclitus reversed this: change is what is real. Permanence is only apparent. Heraclitus had a very strong influence on Plato. Plato interpreted Heraclitus to have believed that the material world undergoes constant change. He also thought Heraclitus was approximately correct in so describing the material world. Plato believed that such a world would be unknowable, and was thus driven to the conclusion that the material world was, in some sense, unreal, and that the real, knowable, world was immaterial. The unity of opposites A number of fragments suggest that Heraclitus thought that opposites are really one Main fragments: RAGP numbers See also: What does this mean? Does Heraclitus think that hot = cold, that mortality = immortality, etc.? Does he think, in general, that each property

5. Heraclitus Lecture Notes Topics in heraclitus. 1. heraclitus' Style. heraclitus is notorious for his "obscure" and it or hate it. heraclitus' stylistic devices include metaphor, simile, aphorism, pun http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/courses/heraclnotes.html

Ancient Greek Philosophy Dr. Cynthia Freeland Key Topics in Heraclitus 1. Heraclitus' Style Heraclitus is notorious for his "obscure" and distinctive style. Many readers seem to love it or hate it. Heraclitus' stylistic devices include metaphor, simile, aphorism, pun, word play, allusion, riddles, rhythm, and sound. Examples of puns and word plays: Fr. 65, p. 30 plays upon the word bios (life), accent on the first syllable, and bios (bow), accent on the second syllable. Fr. 48, p. 31 plays upon the phrases "xun noi" (with nous or intelligence) and "xunoi" (in common). Fr. 23, -. 27 plays upon the term "haptetai" which can mean "touch" or "kindle" as in "kindling a light". Some readers, like Jonathan Barnes, seem to suggest that Heraclitus' seemingly oracular sayings simply paper over his out-and-out contradictions. In short, Heraclitus is "fundamentally inconsistent". For an interesting discussion of whether Barnes' charge can be answered, see Timm Triplett, "Barnes on Heraclitus and the Unity of Opposites," Ancient Philosophy 6 , pp. 15-23.

6. Heraclitus: Greek Materialist. Keywords: Pantheism, Materialism, Mysticism, Scie The pantheistic materialism of the Greek presocratic philosopher heraclitus. heraclitus was once asked to write a constitution for Ephesus, but refused that the Persian King Darius once invited him to his court to explain his ideas. heraclitus declined. http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/heraklit.htm

Member of GSAnet Banner Swap Heraclitus - the fire priest A history of pantheism and scientific pantheism by Paul Harrison. Are you a Pantheist? Find out now at Scientific Pantheism. This cosmos was not made by gods or men, but always was, and is, and ever shall be ever-living fire. Central zone of Julia set. Heraclitus flourished in the Greek city of Ephesus, on the Ionian coast of what is now Turkey, at the end of the sixth century BC when the area was under Persian rule. Little is reported of his life. His own writings make it plain that he had nothing but scorn for the popular mass, for political leaders, and for most previous writers on philosophy and religion including Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras and Xenophanes. Heraclitus was once asked to write a constitution for Ephesus, but refused. He used to play at knuckle bones with children by the temple of Artemis. When adults came to gape, he replied "Why should you be astonished, you rascals? Isn't it better to do this than to take part in your civil life?" Another story relates that the Persian King Darius once invited him to his court to explain his ideas. Heraclitus declined. Some of the tales reported of Heraclitus seem far fetched. It's said that he eventually withdrew into the mountains to live off grass and herbs. When this diet gave him dropsy, he shut himself in a cowshed and covered himself with dung, hoping the heat would dry him out. This tale makes no medical or physical sense, even in ancient terms. It may be no more than a slanderous invention.

7. Heidegger's Reading Of Heraclitus A paper on Martin Heidegger's interpretation of PreSocratic thinker heraclitus. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/9994/heidher.html

Introduction In a career stretching over half a century Martin Heidegger attempts to question the limitations of the Western philosophical tradition and open a space for thinking outside of it. At the beginning of this tradition he places the pre-Socratics, in particular Anaximander, Parmenides, and Heraclitus. In the fragments of these thinkers he finds both the foreshadowing of the tradition's development and a source for thought which would avoid the confines of this later developmentassociated with nihilism and the technological domination of the earthby experiencing anew its initial unfolding. In this paper I explore Heidegger's relationship to Heraclitus in several texts by examining Heidegger's interpretation of particular fragments and placing them in the context of his philosophy. In the course of this exploration I show the influence which Heidegger attributes to the early Greek thinkers in determining our experience of Being right up into the modern, technological age. This modern determination of Being shows itself in the dominance of a logical approach to beings which seeks to make correct predictions about them. Heidegger traces the emphasis on logic and correctness to the Greek terms lovgo§ and ajlhvqeia, but argues that both termsthe first taken as gathering, the second as unconcealmentoriginally comprehended the relatedness of beings to one another and to what remains concealed. In the fragments of Heraclitus Heidegger not only finds support for these interpretations, but also stimulation for thinking outside the prejudices of the West, and my analysis covers these issues as well.

8. Greek Philosophy: Heraclitus heraclitus, like Parmenides, postulated a model of nature and the universe which created the foundation for all other speculation on physics and metaphysics.    heraclitus, along with Parmenides http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/GREECE/HERAC.HTM

Logos In reading these passages, you should be able to piece together the central components of Heraclitus's thought. What, precisely, is the Logos? Can it be comprehended or defined by human beings? What does it mean to claim that the Logos consists of all the paired opposites in the universe? What is the nature of the Logos as the composite of all paired opposites? How does the Logos explain change? Finally, how would you compare Heraclitus's Logos to its later incarnations: in the Divided Line in Plato, in foundational and early Christianity? How would you relate Heraclitus's cryptic statements to those of Lao Tzu Translations of Heraclitus are by Richard Hooker ©1995. LOGOS AND THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES FRAGMENT 1 (quoted in Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians Men have no comprehension of the Logos, as I've described it, just as much after they hear about it as they did before they heard about it. Even though all things occur according to the Logos, men seem to have no experience whatsoever, even when they experience the words and deeds which I use to explain physis, of how the Logos applies to each thing, and what it is. The rest of mankind are just as unconscious of what they do while awake as they are of what they do while they sleep. FRAGMENT 50 (quoted in Hippolytus

9. Heraclitus, Parmenides, Homère, Platon, Eschyle Homère, Platon, Eschyle Textes en grec et en latin avec traductions françaises. heraclitus and Parmenides in Greek and Burnet's English translation. ANAXIMANDER (Greek, English, French) heraclitus (Greek, English, French) b) heraclitus (PDF) Original Greek text Diels; English translation John Burnet (1892), French http://www.philoctetes.com/heraclitus.htm

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10. The Flux And Fire Philosophy Of Heraclitus heraclitus Ephesus, around 500 BC. heraclitus lived around 500 BC in the city of Ephesus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He became famous http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/heraclitus.html

Heraclitus [Ephesus, around 500 BC] Heraclitus lived around 500 BC in the city of Ephesus in Ionia, Asia Minor. He became famous as the "flux and fire" philosopher for his proverbial utterance: "All things are flowing." Coming from an eminent aristocratic family, Heraclitus is the first nobleman in the cabinet of Greek philosophers. He introduced important new perspectives into Greek thought and produced a book of which his followers said that it is hard to read. "They say that Euripides gave Socrates a copy of Heraclitus' book and asked him what he thought of it. He replied: "What I understand is splendid; and I think what I don't understand is so too - but it would take a Delian diver to get to the bottom of it." (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Philosophers, II 22). In spite of the difficulties, Heraclitus was admired by his contemporaries for the theory of flux, which influenced many generations of philosophers after him. Judging from his writings, Heraclitus doesn't appear to be a complaisant character. Not only does he condemn all of his philosophic predecessors, but his contempt for mankind leads him to think that dullness and stupidity are innate human traits. He repeatedly lets fly at mankind in general and in particular scolds at those who do not share his opinion. Here is a taste of it: "The Ephesians would do well to hang themselves, every grown man of them, and leave the city to the beardless lads; for they have to cast out Hermorodus, the best man among them [...]" There is only Teutamus being saved from despise of whom he says that he is "of more account than the rest." Investigating the reason for the praise one finds that Teutamus had said that "most men are bad."

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12. Heraclitus On The Logos By Ziniewicz heraclitus on the Logos. by Gordon L. Ziniewicz. 1. heraclitus says, "One must follow what is common; but, even though the Logos is common, most people live as though they possessed their own private http://www.fred.net/tzaka/logos.html

GREEK PHIL Heraclitus on the Logos by Gordon L. Ziniewicz 1. Heraclitus says, "One must follow what is common; but, even though the Logos is common, most people live as though they possessed their own private wisdom." (Fr.2) The common is what is open to all, what can be seen and heard by all. To see is to let in with open eyes what is open to view, i.e. what is lit up and revealed to all. The dead (the completely private ones) neither see nor hear; they are closed. No light (fire) shines in them; no speech sounds in them. And yet, even they participate in the kosmos . The extinguished ones also belong to the continuum of lighting and extinguishing that is the common kosmos . The dead touch upon the living sleeping, who in turn touch upon the living waking. (Fr. 26) 2. "Those who are awake live in the same world, while those who are asleep withdraw to their own private worlds." (Fr. 89) Yet the waking and the sleeping are connected; they all belong to the same process that stretches between divine intelligence (completely wide-awake) and death (completely closed off). The wide-awake are most open to what is common; the dead are absolutely private; the foolish (waking, yet sleeping) are somewhere in between. The sleeper who closes his eyes is close to the dead. The eyes are privileged for Heraclitus (Fr. 101). Daylight is the common that reveals the

13. Heraclitus Forum Frigate Forum and live chat devoted to the life and philosophical contributions of heraclitus. http://killdevilhill.com/z/yphilo1d/Heraclitushall/shakespeare1.html

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14. Presocratics: Heraclitus Lists secondary sources on this thinker in various European languages. http://www.presocratics.org/heraclitus.htm

A Heraclitus Bibliography Aail, Anathon. "Der Logos bei Heraklit. Ein Beitrag zu den ideengeschichtlen Studien." Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik 106(1895), pp. 217-252. Al-Nashshar, ‘Ali Sami. [The Heraclitean and Christian Concepts of Logos."] Albert, K. "Philosophie und Erziehung bei Heraklit von Ephesus." Pedagogica Historica 9 (1969), pp. 5-19. Aleksic, Branko. [The Link between Poetry and Philosophy: Heraclitus and Modern Philosophy."] Filozofska Istrazivanja 23 (1987), pp. 1211-1222. Atti del Symposium Heracliteum 1981. Auerbach, Wilhelm. "De principio heracliteo." Eos 32 (1929), pp.301-314. Auerbach, Wilhelm. "Zur Gegenüberstellung von Sein und Schein bei Heraclit." Eos 33 (1930), pp. 651-664. Axelos, Kostas. Paris: Axelos, Kostas Babut, Daniel. Héraclite et la critique des poètes et des savants." 45 (1976), pp. 464-96. Babut, Daniel. "Héraclite et la religion populaire. Fragments 14, 69, 68, 15, et 5 Diels- Kranz." 77 (1975), pp. 27-62.

15. Greek Philosophy: Heraclitus Greek Philosophy heraclitus, along with Parmenides, is probably the most significant philosopher of ancient Greece until Socrates and Plato; in fact http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/HERAC.HTM

Logos In reading these passages, you should be able to piece together the central components of Heraclitus's thought. What, precisely, is the Logos? Can it be comprehended or defined by human beings? What does it mean to claim that the Logos consists of all the paired opposites in the universe? What is the nature of the Logos as the composite of all paired opposites? How does the Logos explain change? Finally, how would you compare Heraclitus's Logos to its later incarnations: in the Divided Line in Plato, in foundational and early Christianity? How would you relate Heraclitus's cryptic statements to those of Lao Tzu Translations of Heraclitus are by Richard Hooker ©1995. LOGOS AND THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES FRAGMENT 1 (quoted in Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians Men have no comprehension of the Logos, as I've described it, just as much after they hear about it as they did before they heard about it. Even though all things occur according to the Logos, men seem to have no experience whatsoever, even when they experience the words and deeds which I use to explain physis, of how the Logos applies to each thing, and what it is. The rest of mankind are just as unconscious of what they do while awake as they are of what they do while they sleep. FRAGMENT 50 (quoted in Hippolytus

16. Heraclitus: Greek Materialist. Keywords: Pantheism, Materialism, Mysticism, Scie heraclitus the fire priest. A history Xenophanes. heraclitus was once asked to write a constitution for Ephesus, but refused. He http://members.aol.com/heraklit1/heraklit.htm

Member of GSAnet Banner Swap Heraclitus - the fire priest A history of pantheism and scientific pantheism by Paul Harrison. Are you a Pantheist? Find out now at Scientific Pantheism. This cosmos was not made by gods or men, but always was, and is, and ever shall be ever-living fire. Central zone of Julia set. Heraclitus flourished in the Greek city of Ephesus, on the Ionian coast of what is now Turkey, at the end of the sixth century BC when the area was under Persian rule. Little is reported of his life. His own writings make it plain that he had nothing but scorn for the popular mass, for political leaders, and for most previous writers on philosophy and religion including Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras and Xenophanes. Heraclitus was once asked to write a constitution for Ephesus, but refused. He used to play at knuckle bones with children by the temple of Artemis. When adults came to gape, he replied "Why should you be astonished, you rascals? Isn't it better to do this than to take part in your civil life?" Another story relates that the Persian King Darius once invited him to his court to explain his ideas. Heraclitus declined. Some of the tales reported of Heraclitus seem far fetched. It's said that he eventually withdrew into the mountains to live off grass and herbs. When this diet gave him dropsy, he shut himself in a cowshed and covered himself with dung, hoping the heat would dry him out. This tale makes no medical or physical sense, even in ancient terms. It may be no more than a slanderous invention.

17. Heraclitus And Parmenides A short article from 1998 by James Dye, contrasting these two thinkers. http://www.soci.niu.edu/~phildept/Dye/Heraclitus&Parmenides.html

18. Heraclitus, Parmenides, Homère, Platon, Eschyle Textes en grec et en latin avec traductions françaises. heraclitus and Parmenides in Greek and Burnet s English translation. 1) heraclitus 139 Fragments. http://philoctetes.free.fr/heraclitus.htm

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20. What Heraclitus Meant By Ziniewicz heraclitus on the Logos or what nature tells us about itself, if we pay attention and What Humans Can Learn from Nature. by Gordon L. Ziniewicz. http://www.fred.net/tzaka/heracsum.html

SCRAPS Heraclitus on the Logos [or what nature tells us about itself, if we pay attention] and What Humans Can Learn from Nature by Gordon L. Ziniewicz 1. The universe was not created by God or gods, but is eternal 2. Nature is a cycle of lighting up (firing up) and going out. 3. Time is a circle of creation and destruction of existing things; time is an innocent child at play. Destruction is not bad, but an essential part of the whole process. 4. Nature is a unity of diverse and opposing forces, a harmony of opposites. 5. Things constantly change in accordance with unchanging principle or law (the logos or rational order of things). 6. What makes things happen is fire. 7. Things revert to their opposites (day/night, winter/summer). 8. Harmony is the result of the appropriate tension of opposing forces. 9. Strife (within limits) is a good thing. Conflict is necessary for life. Examples: (1) Musical harmony requires competing tones. (2) Continuance of life requires opposite sexes. (3) Experience of pleasure requires experience of pain, such as in health and sickness, satiety and hunger, rest and weariness. (4) Right (just) would make no sense without wrong (unjust). 10. From the divine standpoint (nature), there is no good or bad, just or unjust.

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