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The logos seems to hold a position of primary universal importance usually reserved for a divine power, and in Heraclitus' thought the distinction between god and logos, if there is meant to be one at all, is not clear. Consequently, many scholars have simply concluded that Heraclitus considers god and logos to be indistinguishable.
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Feb 15, 2013 · Heraclitus notes Homer’s wish that “strife may perish from amongst gods and men” and says that, in fact, “all things come to pass through the compulsion of strife.” Conflict, or, in more abstract terms, the dynamic tension between opposites, is the very nature of the universe. Yet he also says: “Opposition brings con- cord.
Heraclitus thinks that the answer to both questions is found in “the logos,” which is a Greek word with multiple meanings: it can be an explanation, a word or linguistic meaning, science, rationality (the Latin word is “ratio”), the principle of exchange between things… So the world is logos, in that it behaves in a lawlike manner so ...
The logos is the representative in speech of the truth of War (Gigon 1935:18; war accounts for the style of Heraclitus’ work). The logos is just an abbreviation for the book, that is, “the eternal truth.” A radical position: “eine Lehre, ein System steht am Anfang” (“a doctrine, a system, is there at the beginning”) (5).
Jan 9, 2024 · The Logos. For Heraclitus, there is only one divine element in man and that is the mind. By mind, Heraclitus means the ability to understand the hidden workings of things. The mind perceives patterns, principles, and logic. It perceives what the ancient Greeks called Logos. The deep structure of reality.
Jul 10, 2024 · Stoics saw logos as a material entity, whereas Heraclitus’ logos was more of a principle of reason or rationality – not a material entity. The Stoics’ Logos As Fate or God The Stoics believed in a strict determinism. 17 For example, if one would say, “The river is going to flood tomorrow,” then, from the Stoics’ perspective, it is a true or false statement.
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The logos, however, is presumably not the material out of which everything else arose, though it is the origin of all things insofar as it is the arrangement of all matter. Heraclitus often refers to the logos as the mind of God, though it is not clear what implications this has for his theory.