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| Age: | 102 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Country: |  Turkey |
| BodyType: | Average |
| Zodiac: |  Aries (Mar 21 - Apr 19) |
| Last Login: | Sep 11, 2008 (31 days back) |
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About Me |
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| I, Heraclitus, was a Greek philosopher of the late 6th century BCE. Criticizing my predecessors and contemporaries for their failure to see the unity in experience, I announced an everlasting Word (Logos) according to which all things are one, in some sense. Opposites are necessary for life, but they are unified in a system of balanced exchanges. The world itself consists of a law-like interchange of elements, symbolized by fire. Thus the world is not to be identified with any particular substance, but rather with an ongoing process governed by a law of change. The underlying law of nature also manifests itself as a moral law for human beings. I was the first Western philosopher to go beyond physical theory in search of metaphysical foundations and moral applications. In the end, I became a hermit, leaving the city and living in the mountains where I fed on plants and herbs. Because of this I contracted dropsy and was forced to return to the town. I asked the doctors in my riddling fashion if they could change a rainstorm into a draught. When they failed to understand me, I buried himself in a byre, hoping that the dropsy would be vaporized by the heat of the dung. But I was met with no success even by this means and died at the age of sixty. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V3.6 ! |
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My Interests |
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| Philosophy Nature War Strife Harmony of Opposites |
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I'd like to meet:Thales(for his influence),Taoists,Stoics,Machiavelli,Spinoza,Napoleon,Kierk egaard, Nietzsche, Foucault,Deleuze,Derrida or any thinkers strong enough who affirms the flux and chaos that represents the very essence of life. |
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Music:The Sound of Silence |
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Movies:Early Greek Tragedy |
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Books:The various texts from iconoclastic thinkers past my time. Read the words of these authors if you seek to think beyond conventional "wisdom".Thales(what little remains)Taoists Sun Tzu Stoics Marcus Aurelius Machiavelli Spinoza Kierkegaard Nietzsche Deleuze Foucault Derrida |
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Heroes:Idolatry is a servile endeavor, for you are only worshiping the temporary paradigms of an eternal flux--and it is that flux which deserves respect.Knowledge of the Logos alone is worthy of reverence. |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Single |
| Hometown: | Ephesus,not far from Miletus |
| Religion: | Other |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | No |
| Children: | I don't want kids |
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Logos and the Unity of Opposites |
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| FRAGMENT 1
(quoted in Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians )Men have no comprehension of the Logos, as I've described it, just as much after they hear about it as they did before they heard ab... Posted by Heraclitus on Thu, 04 May 2006 04:24:00 PST |
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Human Wisdom and the Law |
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(quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Book IX)Wisdom is one thing: to understand with true judgment how all things are steered through all.
FRAGMENT 44
(quoted in Stobaeus, Anthology )It is neces... Posted by Heraclitus on Thu, 04 May 2006 04:20:00 PST |
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