The Theology of Heraclitus: a Presocratic Pantheism

abstract,2Eeace Eeraclitust theology ts e palltheisln \rith an ethical slantand does not resemble a }lllealan nonlstic vlew at all. Uis vlerr is dependentupon a ladically ne\r assessment of lrhat dlvlntty ls, 'itz. opposltesunlted by rer, As a lesult, we flnd no negatLve theology in Heraclltustvlelrs. lle LE rrot concerned wlth lebuklnro!denylngtradltionaltenets or attLtuiles of the comnon re1l81on. Whenhedoe6 referLo thegods or to rltual practices Lt ls not to dlsapprove of them as such.R ther, lt ts the people who perforln these rl.tes tbat he reproaches. Eeracllt'us,then, retaLna nany tradLtLonel vtess ioth Lo hls bheology (tocludingthe use of the osrdes of the gods and the bell.ef 10 a dlvine ele-DeDt ln hur[aEs) and tn hl.8 other vlews (e.9. hls bellef tn the riBhtnessof naDes enil hLe use of the lrords lglggg and 19999 Ln their eveqrdaya€dsea, t'orclet" and t'accouatrr).