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Single Idea 2900

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy ]

Full Idea

I set apart with high reverence the name of Heraclitus.

Gist of Idea

I revere Heraclitus

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 2.2)

Book Ref

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.36

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The 7 ideas with the same theme [philosophy up to 410 BCE]:

5988	Anaximander produced the first philosophy book (and maybe the first book) [Anaximander, by Bodnár]

3060	Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]

24146

All the major problems were formulated before Socrates [Nietzsche]

2900	I revere Heraclitus [Nietzsche]

12036

Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas]

20455

Philosophy really got started as the rival mode of discourse to tragedy [Critchley]

21355

The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]