Yesterday we looked at how Pythagoras sought to explain the world through numbers. Reducing things to numbers reduces them to unchanging facts, or at the very least, to unchanging patterns. Heraclitus believed that nothing ever stayed the same, and it is this which we shall look at today.
Background
Most of what we know of Heraclitus comes from Plato and Aristotle’s writings. We know that he was…
Our philosophy professor asking us if we like Heraclitus, and then proceeding to tell us how he lovesHeraclitus is the equivalent of Henry Winter asking Richard Papen if he likes Homer..
“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there. Eighty are just targets. Nine are real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but the one. One is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” -Heraclitus
I completely forgot to post this one. I made it a while ago and it got published in a history textbook. Just Heraclitus running around Ephesus with a bunch of kids.
