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Single Idea 424

[from 'fragments/reports' by Heraclitus, in 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One ]

Full Idea

When you have listened, not to me but to the law (logos), it is wise to agree that all things are one.

Gist of Idea

Reason tells us that all things are one

Source

Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B050), quoted by Hippolytus - Refutation of All Heresies 9.9.1

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.28