Alteration and identity : Heraclitus, the earlier presocratics, and contemporary science
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South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities
Maniatis, Y.N.
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South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities
Abstract
In this essay lexamine the theory of alteration and identity of the cosmos and the Being in the Presocratics, from Thales to Parmenides. We try to show that it was really Heraclitus, the first
Presocratic philosopher, who invented this theory, which still echoes today in the most recent astrophysical theories on the universe.
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Appears in Phronimon, Volume 2 Number 1(2000)
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Alteration, Contemporary science
Sustainable Development Goals
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Maniatis, YN 2000, 'Alteration and identity: Heraclitus, the earlier presocratics, and contemporary science', Phronimon, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 189-204.