The Theology of Heraclitus: a Presocratic Pantheism
The Theology of Heraclitus: a Presocratic Pantheism
The Theology of Heraclitus: a Presocratic Pantheism
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241an account.'r once se suppose \re can idenlify the ideas <strong>of</strong> <strong>Heraclitus</strong>'f9g9g with the fgEg: itself, '"'e throw open the door for lhe Stoicized version<strong>of</strong> the loeos tba! rdakes i! inlo soae sort <strong>of</strong> universal princlple,llarcovich is a good exErple <strong>of</strong> ho."' this insidious inEerpretalion cen creepln. 011 p.8 he slarts <strong>of</strong>f reasonably by saying thal the f9999 nust firstmean "s!a!6rent", thea (secoDd peragraph) he says it nust also n€an I'objectiverrulhr', and by p.1I3 he clains that it 16 a "uolversal Ia operaliugor all lhilrgs arouad us", ThaE last descrlptlon could trave comefron the lips <strong>of</strong> ant devout Stoic, but I hope i.t has been shorrr that ltcould dot llave coEe froE E-FinaIIy, let us qulckly go through all the frr. in which lgggiappears and p:ovide lhe oost llkely (non-Stoic) neanlag for lt llr each instance,Refelences fo Culhrie here are to his l1sl <strong>of</strong> Eeanl.ngs for logosfu the fifth centurl (I,420-4). LSJ's opiaions are included for conparisonand are taken frotr theirenlEy under logos.Fi.f (DK) Discussed above. loeos = discourse, scroll, account. Cuthrie #L<strong>The</strong> logos is'coe'loo'because his discourse 1s true and appltesto all Een at a1l tftces. GuEhrte #1. Sheerin (p.109) polntsto the 'ccriaon logos' tJ| I{dt.4,12; Pindar,oI.7,2L; !!49,316."EarEh is pouled ouc as sea and is neasured in the same proportLono! rxeasule." cuthrie f7. LSJ,I.3. Cf. Sheetlo,96."Bias, Lio is qorth Dore than others,...rr Guthrie #2; LSJ,r.4.Pledn logos was a coE:ron Ionic phrase (Marcovlch,525; Wes!,!9!q,125 n.3; sheerid,96). I "had []ore <strong>of</strong> the Logos" (as ln Aden,Relis.Teach.,2l3).Fr.45!1.47c"You woulC not discoeer the lirdlls <strong>of</strong> soul...so deep ls itsieasure-rr whatever the meaning <strong>of</strong> lhe fr. overa1l, a quantitativeaspect (!egbE) is required, Cuthrie /17.i= 67n. BF.aterl "ilen are gods, gods are mer; for the f9g99 ist',re sane (cjuroO." This is an inferlor version <strong>of</strong> 862, butthe last L.ords have been taken as genuine by some in view <strong>of</strong>the lollie foro thera (so ?e!in,50) - (However, Bertrays cl-aiEs
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