Parmemides and Heraclitus
Parmemides and Heraclitus
On
Change
Heraclitus argued there was a single divine law of the universe, which rules and guides the cosmos. This is the Logos. He said that the logos both underlies and governs change. Heraclitus compares the logos to fire an element that is always changing yet always the same. For example he said, "The sun is new each day."(Curd Pg. 38 88) His view was that "all things are derived from a single …
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…changed this world would stay the same. To say that fire and water are always in motion and changing are the best arguments I see in his idea. I could not get into Parmenides argument at all it was too much. To say that nothing changes is totally absurd.
Biliography
1. An Introduction to Early Greek Philosophy Author: Robinson, John Mansley
Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 1968
2. A Presocratics Reader Author Curd, Patricia
Hackett Publishing Co., Inc. Indianapolis 1995
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