Knowledge and Unity in Heraclitus

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Heraclitus on the Logos: Unity in Opposition

“…Tension is generated by the pulling of opposing forces, yet this tension results in agreement, which may be understood as harmony. 22 Yet, what is the significance of fr. 54's mentioning of hidden harmony?…”

“…29 Due to this stability, harmony is the end result of the tension of opposites. 30 Harmony, when understood in this manner, is cohesive of opposition, allowing for perpetual motion, yet restricting this motion enough to establish a harmony, which ultimately reveals the Logos as Fire. I conclude this section by arguing that it is only through having used reason as a unity-oriented faculty that Heraclitus could have written the Logos into the fragments as to reveal the interpretation elucidated above.…”

Heraclitus’ Discursive Authority

“…After Kahn (1979:93), most scholars have taken αfiεί as part of the first fragment (e.g. Curd 1991;Robinson 1991), yet I see no reason for excluding both except for a bizarre requirement for a clarity obviously not present in the remainder of the fragments.…”

El Fragmento B 32 de Heráclito a la luz del Papiro de Derveni

“…Curd (1991) 534-5: 'It is here, in the images of separation and difference, that a Heraclitean distinction between being and becoming begins to emerge'.…”