THE KNOWLEDGE IN HERACLITUS:

HOMOLOGIA AND THE GOOD USE OF THE SOUL AND THE SENSES

Authors

  • Ana Rafaella Pereira Melo FABEX

Keywords:

Heraclitus, knowledge, logos, cosmos, fire, homologia

Abstract

 The conception about knowledge in the old Greeks only took a well elaborated form and as today we understand from Plato. But it is possible to observe elementary notions of knowing, as regards the separation of cognitive capacities (sensations and intelligence) and also in the possibility of this being acquired by man, leaving aside the exclusivity of knowledge for the gods or oracle in the thought of Heraclitus from Ephesus. I propose here a clarification in this sense, analyzing some of the fragments of Heraclitus that we have available nowadays, which refer to the knowledge, the soul and the necessary condition to acquire it. We will elucidate some important Heraclitean notions about fundamental concepts of their aphorisms, such as Physis, Logos, Cosmos and Psyché.

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Author Biography

Ana Rafaella Pereira Melo, FABEX

Doutora em Filosofia e Professora da Faculdade Faculdade Brasileira de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão - FABEX

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Published

2020-01-21

How to Cite

MELO, A. R. P. . THE KNOWLEDGE IN HERACLITUS: : HOMOLOGIA AND THE GOOD USE OF THE SOUL AND THE SENSES. Trilhas Filosóficas, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 2, p. 9–27, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/RTF/article/view/tf.v10i2.3006. Acesso em: 5 oct. 2024.

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FLUXO CONTíNUO