Practice question · Select all that apply
Which claims are Heraclitean?
Hints
- Three are his doctrines; one is precisely what he denies.
- For Heraclitus stability is achieved THROUGH change, not by escaping it.
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- A. A single rational structure governs every transformation
- C. Each of us turns aside into a private world
- D. Opposites are one thing described from different positions
Why
The unity of opposites, the ordering logos and the complaint about sleepers are all his. the second option is the view he attacks, and it is closer to Parmenides, which is why the two are set against each other.
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