Logos of Heraclitus

Name: Logos of Heraclitus
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ISBN: 9781589880702

ISBN-10: 1589880706

ISBN-13: 9781589880702

Edition: 2011

Authors: Eva Brann

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Who is Heraclitus and what is his "logos?"In his great paintingThe School of Athenswhich hangs in the Vatican, Raphael portrays the great thinkers and teachers of the ages talking and listening to one another. His Heraclitus, however, is a lone thinker staring downward and inward, seated apart from the other philosophers. According to Eva Brann, Heraclitus lookswithin: "There he finds the Logos, the order that is the cosmos, the world without, whose mouthpiece and scribe he means to be."So the "Logos" of Heraclitus is the order of the universe, the ruling idea which holds all together. Logos, in its multiform usage, can mean collection, reason, account, argument, and ratio.The collected…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Paul Dry Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/25/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English