History of philosophy
· Right- Left
· Male- Female
· Rest- Motion
· Straight- Curved
· Light- Dark
· Square- Oblong
· Good- Evil
7 is a magic number. Number 7 produces changes.
Heraclitus 535-475 BC
Loner. Lot of people hated him.
His famous lines from book of fragments:
"It is wise to listen, not to me, but to the word (logos) and admit that all things are one"
Logos
Logic, psychology (love of wisdom), biology- what holds together or binds, numerology,
philology (love of the word). Reason, word, language, holds together/binds.
"One cannot put one's feet into the same river twice for new waters are ever flowing over them"
Flux constant change
"By changing it rests"
"Nature hides itself"
· He is a philosopher of fire- all things are fire. Fire change, light, life, God.
· He is a philosopher of the unity of opposites.
The Eleatic School
· Xenophanes 570-475 BC