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Ideas of Heraclitus, by Text
[Greek, c.540 - 480 BCE, Born and lived at Ephesus, on the coast of modern Turkey]
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p.51
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17539
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The sayings of Heraclitus are still correct, if we replace 'fire' with 'energy' [Heisenberg]
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p.65
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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]
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p.68
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5096
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Heraclitus says that at some time everything becomes fire [Aristotle]
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p.108
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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]
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p.120
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13782
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Everything gives way, and nothing stands fast
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p.226
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5863
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Reason is eternal, but men are foolish
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p.301
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12269
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All things are in a state of motion [Aristotle]
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p.344
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614
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Heraclitus said sometimes everything becomes fire [Aristotle]
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p.379
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3054
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Heraclitus said fire could be transformed to create the other lower elements [Diog. Laertius]
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58/102
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p.707
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12294
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Good and evil are the same thing [Aristotle]
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A16
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p.44
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1499
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Heraclitus says intelligence draws on divine reason [Sext.Empiricus]
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A16
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p.44
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1500
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When we sleep, reason closes down as the senses do [Sext.Empiricus]
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B001
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p.24
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15660
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Logos is the source of everything, and my theories separate and explain each nature
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B002
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p.25
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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
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B004
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p.25
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415
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If happiness is bodily pleasure, then oxen are happy when they have vetch to eat
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B005
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p.25
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15659
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Purifying yourself with blood is as crazy as using mud to wash off mud
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B005
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p.46
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1501
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In their ignorance people pray to statues, which is like talking to a house
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B008
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p.25
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416
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Beautiful harmony comes from things that are in opposition to one another
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B009
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p.25
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417
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Donkeys prefer chaff to gold
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B018
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p.26
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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
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B030
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p.26
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420
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The cosmos is eternal not created, and is an ever-living and changing fire
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B030
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p.82
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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]
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B035
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p.27
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421
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Men who love wisdom must be inquirers into very many things indeed
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B044
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p.27
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422
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The people should fight for the law as if for their city-wall
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B050
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p.28
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424
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Reason tells us that all things are one
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B051
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p.28
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425
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A thing can have opposing tensions but be in harmony, like a lyre
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B055
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p.28
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15658
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The hidden harmony is stronger than the visible
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B061
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p.29
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426
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Sea water is life-giving for fish, but not for people
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B085
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p.96
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5155
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It is hard to fight against emotion, but harder still to fight against pleasure
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B091
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p.31
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427
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It is not possible to step twice into the same river
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B102
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p.31
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429
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To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just
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B107
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p.32
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430
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Senses are no use if the soul is corrupt
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B111
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p.32
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431
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Health, feeding and rest are only made good by disease, hunger and weariness
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B116
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p.41
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1491
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Everyone has the potential for self-knowledge and sound thinking
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B119
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p.32
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433
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For man character is destiny
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B125
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p.33
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11853
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A mixed drink separates if it is not stirred
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