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Heracliteanism — /her euh kluy tee euh niz euhm, kluy tee /, n. the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place. [1880 85;… … Universalium
Heracliteanism — n. philosophical principle of Heraclitus which views reason as the only constant in an ever changing world … English contemporary dictionary
heracliteanism — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈklīd.ēəˌnizəm, ˌklīˈtē noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized : a philosophy based on the theory that everything is in flux and nothing remains fixed except the logos which is at once law and a ruling element identified with fire and that … Useful english dictionary
Plato: metaphysics and epistemology — Robert Heinaman METAPHYSICS The Theory of Forms Generality is the problematic feature of the world that led to the development of Plato’s Theory of Forms and the epistemological views associated with it.1 This pervasive fact of generality appears … History of philosophy
Theaetetus (dialogue) — The Theætetus (Greek: Θεαίτητος) is one of Plato s dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge. The framing of the dialogue begins when Euclides tells his friend Terpsion that he wrote a book many years ago based on what Socrates told him of a… … Wikipedia
Form — • The original meaning of the term form, both in Greek and Latin, was and is that in common use • eidos, being translated, that which is seen, shape, etc., with secondary meanings derived from this, as form, sort, particular, kind, nature… … Catholic encyclopedia
Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range … History of philosophy
atomism — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bohr theory, Bradleianism, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Dirac theory, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, Heracliteanism, Herbartianism, Humism,… … Moby Thesaurus
philosophy — Synonyms and related words: Aristotelianism, Berkeleianism, Bradleianism, Buddha like composure, Cynicism, Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, Epicureanism, Fichteanism, Hegelianism, Heideggerianism, Heracliteanism, Herbartianism, Humism, Kantianism … Moby Thesaurus
Heraclitean — /hɛrəˈklaɪtiən/ (say heruh kluyteeuhn) adjective 1. of or relating to the philosophy of Heraclitus (Heracliteanism), holding that all things are perpetually changing, according to an established and unchanging principle, the logos. –noun 2. an… …
