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Single Idea 429

[from 'fragments/reports' by Heraclitus, in 22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism ]

Full Idea

To God, all things are beautiful, good and just; but men have assumed some things to be unjust, others just.

Gist of Idea

To God (though not to humans) all things are beautiful and good and just

Source

Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B102), quoted by Porphyry - Notes on Homer Il.4.4

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.31


A Reaction

The idea that all things are actually 'just' strikes me as nonsense. I also don't think I can get my head round the idea that everything is actually good and beautiful. Must try harder.