HERACLITUS: THE POSTMODERN PRESOCRATIC?

In reading Heraclitus, it is a mistake to adopt the epistemological viewpoint usually assumed in "philosophical writing." Heraclitus does not write like Nietzsche and the postmodernists who follow him.

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Published in:The Monist 1991-10, Vol.74 (4), p.605-623
Main Author: Waugh, Joanne B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aristotelianism
Heracletian philosophy
Heraclitus (575-641)
Literary genres
Metaphysics
Philosophical object
Philosophy
Platonism
Postmodern philosophy
Postmodernism
Presocratic philosophy
Vocabulary
Writing
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Summary:In reading Heraclitus, it is a mistake to adopt the epistemological viewpoint usually assumed in "philosophical writing." Heraclitus does not write like Nietzsche and the postmodernists who follow him.
ISSN:0026-9662
2153-3601
DOI:10.5840/monist199174436