The Theology of Heraclitus: a Presocratic Pantheism

. 131at 1arge, but n. 1s the flrst phllosopher to start the breakfrortr thls easy way of thiDklng. lthile lrantldg to lncluile manin his ovelall schene, g. also felt tbe oeeal to set nan apartfron lt aII as soDehon' dtffereot. Els conclu6ioo ls that lreare dLffelent 1n that ne do not autouatLcally share ful1y i.lthe di.vitre status that other thlngs poEaess lu6t by beltrttheneelves. For we have the frlghteoitr'g ebLltty to choose,to act stupl.dly, to get drunk o! refraln froD drlnking, toshut ourselves off fron the truth that 1s everywilere, Inahort, $e ate Eotal creetuaes, and thla 6eta uE apart.E. treads a sohetinea confuslog path between the oldwsy of rhlnklnS that saw nen as conpletely part of nature andthe oeu way of thtnklng that sets nen free fron the once ,.nexorablelaws of nature. -fian ls free to act otr hls oun forhia boon or bane.The o1d p6th nould be eventuall.y abaDdonealby Soc!ate6 aod the SophlBt6, lrh11e the nelr path 18 belngtlaveledby us yet.