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[EAN: 9781235854354], Neubuch, [PU: General Books], JAMES ADAM,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 60 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may ha… Altro …

[EAN: 9781235854354], Neubuch, [PU: General Books], JAMES ADAM,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 60 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 Excerpt: . . . III. THE DOCTRINE OF THE LOGOS IN HERACLITUS1 There are few questions appertaining to the history of ancient philosophy which have been more widely and warmly debated than the meaning of the word oyos in Heraclitus. By the ancients it was understood to mean reason--cosmic reason--universally diffused, present both in nature and in man, not of course one incorporeal entity, but identical with the ever-living, ever-thinking fire--irvp fp6vLfj, ov atifaov--which constitutes the changeless because ever-changing reality of things: and this Koiios 6yos or universal reason was held to be synonymous with God. In other words, if the ancients are to be trusted, the Heraclitean concept of Logos does not really differ from the Stoic, except that on its material side, Logos is in Heraclitus fire, whereas, according to the strictest Stoic definition, it is aether. The ancient interpretation has 1 The references to Professor Burnets Early Greek Philosophy are given according to the pages of the second edition except where otherwise stated; but his translations are quoted from the first edition, which alone was published in the lifetime of James Adam, and the variations in the second edition are noted. been followed by many exponents of Heracliteanism in modern times, such as Bernays, Patin, Teichmuller, and, with certain reservations, Zeller; but others have taken a different view. Thus, for example, Heinze denies that the attribute of intelligence or thought belongs to the Heraclitean Logos: it is merely what he calls objective reason, or law, the universal reason manifested in the development of the world, a principle destitute of anything analogous to consciousness or personality: and Professor Burnet goes so far as to maintain, if I understand him rightly, that the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

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