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1 Introduction In this article, I will offer an examination of a core element in the reflectiveness of Heraclitus’ thought, namely, his rebuke of polymathy , including a discussion of the issue of the apparent tension between fragments B40 1 and B35 that has been noted in the literature
, holds us together and controls us, so do breath and air surround the whole cosmos« (frag. 17). For Xenophanes, »God is one«; he »remains in the same place, moving not at all.« Yet this God somehow controls all: »Without effort he shakes all things by the thought of his mind«. 4 Heraclitus’ God is Logos
criticism of his predecessors in the Metaphysics and in the Physics , but recourse to philosophers of the past can also be noted before and after Aristotle. In the case of Plato, it is perhaps even easier to see how he employs other philosophers (e.g. Heraclitus and Parmenides) in his own investigation