Heraclitus of Ephesus (translation, philosophy, Greek)

[angellous_evangellous]

I stumbled upon a very good book this afternoon:

Fragments: The Collected Wisdom of Heraclides translated by Brooks Haxton

It is text and translation of a very early philosopher from Ephesus.

[Willamena]

What was your impression of him/his works?

BTW, here is a link Heraclitus of Ephesus.

[Willamena]

What do you suppose is meant by: "27(39) In Priene Bias son of Teutamos was born, whose logos was more than the rest."

What does Logos mean in this context?

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Willamena

What do you suppose is meant by: "27(39) In Priene Bias son of Teutamos was born, whose logos was more than the rest."

What does Logos mean in this context?

The numbering system is different... neither my number 27 or 39 has that quote, so I can't read it in Greek on this end. If logos is plural, I'd take it as "words," meaning that Bias either talked a lot or his words had substance. If it's singluar, I suspect that it means that Bias was an important person... but this is poetry and singular can be plural (but not vice-versa, usually).

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Willamena

What was your impression of him/his works?

BTW, here is a link Heraclitus of Ephesus.

I like it... not much more to say at this time, other than it's cool having philosophy in poetry form. I was looking for fragments of Heraclides of Pontus.

[Victor]

All I know is that my next son's name will be Heraclitus.

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Victor

All I know is that my next son's name will be Heraclitus.

Egads, the kids at school will eat him alive.

Cool site:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM