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Single Idea 1499
[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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Full Idea
According to Heraclitus we become intelligent by drawing on divine reason.
Gist of Idea
Heraclitus says intelligence draws on divine reason
Source
report of Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], A16) by Sextus Empiricus - Against the Professors (six books) 7.129
Book Ref
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.44
The
36 ideas
from Heraclitus
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5863
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Reason is eternal, but men are foolish
[Heraclitus]
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1312
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If everything is and isn't then everything is true, and a midway between true and false makes everything false
[Aristotle on Heraclitus]
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13782
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Everything gives way, and nothing stands fast
[Heraclitus]
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11091
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You can bathe in the same river twice, but not in the same river stage
[Quine on Heraclitus]
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17539
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The sayings of Heraclitus are still correct, if we replace 'fire' with 'energy'
[Heraclitus, by Heisenberg]
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5096
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Heraclitus says that at some time everything becomes fire
[Heraclitus, by Aristotle]
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3054
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Heraclitus said fire could be transformed to create the other lower elements
[Heraclitus, by Diog. Laertius]
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614
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Heraclitus said sometimes everything becomes fire
[Heraclitus, by Aristotle]
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12269
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All things are in a state of motion
[Heraclitus, by Aristotle]
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12294
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Good and evil are the same thing
[Heraclitus, by Aristotle]
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1500
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When we sleep, reason closes down as the senses do
[Heraclitus, by Sext.Empiricus]
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1499
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Heraclitus says intelligence draws on divine reason
[Heraclitus, by Sext.Empiricus]
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15660
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Logos is the source of everything, and my theories separate and explain each nature
[Heraclitus]
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414
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Logos is common to all, but most people live as if they have a private understanding
[Heraclitus]
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415
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If happiness is bodily pleasure, then oxen are happy when they have vetch to eat
[Heraclitus]
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15659
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Purifying yourself with blood is as crazy as using mud to wash off mud
[Heraclitus]
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1501
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In their ignorance people pray to statues, which is like talking to a house
[Heraclitus]
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416
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Beautiful harmony comes from things that are in opposition to one another
[Heraclitus]
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417
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Donkeys prefer chaff to gold
[Heraclitus]
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419
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If one does not hope, one will not find the unhoped-for, since nothing leads to it
[Heraclitus]
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420
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The cosmos is eternal not created, and is an ever-living and changing fire
[Heraclitus]
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2064
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If flux is continuous, then lack of change can't be a property, so everything changes in every possible way
[Plato on Heraclitus]
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421
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Men who love wisdom must be inquirers into very many things indeed
[Heraclitus]
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422
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The people should fight for the law as if for their city-wall
[Heraclitus]
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424
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Reason tells us that all things are one
[Heraclitus]
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425
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A thing can have opposing tensions but be in harmony, like a lyre
[Heraclitus]
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15658
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The hidden harmony is stronger than the visible
[Heraclitus]
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426
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Sea water is life-giving for fish, but not for people
[Heraclitus]
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5155
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It is hard to fight against emotion, but harder still to fight against pleasure
[Heraclitus]
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427
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It is not possible to step twice into the same river
[Heraclitus]
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429
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To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just
[Heraclitus]
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430
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Senses are no use if the soul is corrupt
[Heraclitus]
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431
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Health, feeding and rest are only made good by disease, hunger and weariness
[Heraclitus]
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1491
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Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking
[Heraclitus]
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433
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For man character is destiny
[Heraclitus]
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11853
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A mixed drink separates if it is not stirred
[Heraclitus]
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