Fire as the "unchanged substance" is so thus Heraclitus' playing with words in positing the first human existence with "fire". It then has lived on to be the everlasting symbol of man's "home" of opposites.
The Universe is an Organism... not in the simple sense that we would think of, but a special kind of complex machine that acts like a living being, but far, far more extensive and intricate that we could possibly imagine... Its life's blood cells are the widest range of unimaginable energies... colder than nothing, hotter than anything could be and still be substance... rolling and roiling through the starry veins of time and beyond... Its body composed of masses which either exist or don't. dark and matter made of energies unseen and unknown... It's mind and consciousness combining the flow of all its wise inhabitants plus the neuronal flow of time through all the strands of infinity... Dependent on the tiniest of its components, and affecting the grandest of its destiny... connected in ways we cannot comprehend, yet a part of all of us nonetheless... Call it God, if you will, but that cognomen totally ignores all its grandeur and complexity... call it "The Universe," but that epithet still falls far short of the truth, that we are all a part of it, and it is an inner part of all of us...
Heraclitus' philosophy is very much related to Conservation of energy. Where energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but only it will transform from one state to other.
Heraclitus' philosophy seems to be more logical and rational considering other philosophers in that time period.
Enlightening and engaging article!
Thank you for a very interesting and thought-provoking exposition.
Fire as the "unchanged substance" is so thus Heraclitus' playing with words in positing the first human existence with "fire". It then has lived on to be the everlasting symbol of man's "home" of opposites.
The Universe is an Organism... not in the simple sense that we would think of, but a special kind of complex machine that acts like a living being, but far, far more extensive and intricate that we could possibly imagine... Its life's blood cells are the widest range of unimaginable energies... colder than nothing, hotter than anything could be and still be substance... rolling and roiling through the starry veins of time and beyond... Its body composed of masses which either exist or don't. dark and matter made of energies unseen and unknown... It's mind and consciousness combining the flow of all its wise inhabitants plus the neuronal flow of time through all the strands of infinity... Dependent on the tiniest of its components, and affecting the grandest of its destiny... connected in ways we cannot comprehend, yet a part of all of us nonetheless... Call it God, if you will, but that cognomen totally ignores all its grandeur and complexity... call it "The Universe," but that epithet still falls far short of the truth, that we are all a part of it, and it is an inner part of all of us...
Gotta love those dark philosophers
What a wonderful and profound introduction. Thank you.
Heraclitus' philosophy is very much related to Conservation of energy. Where energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but only it will transform from one state to other.
Heraclitus' philosophy seems to be more logical and rational considering other philosophers in that time period.
Waiting for next write up on Heraclitus.