Core+Philosophy

**Theory of Knowledge**

He explained that men can learn from sight and hearing, but only some men can fully understand and comprehend ideas, that is what truely learning is. Nobody is given an answer, they are only given signs. Men have to find the answer.

- Everything is constantly changing As Hereclitus actually stated,or as used today, "You can't step into the same river twice." Hereclitus believed that the change of any object or idea creates an entirely different product while it stays the same object or idea.
 * The Doctrine of Flux and the Unity of Opposites**

-opposites are identical the basic idea is that some elements are alike no matter what form they take. An example would be water turning to ice, but is still water. Water is liquid and ice is solid. They are two completely different forms of objects, but are the same substance.

Hereclitus believed that there was some kind of divine right or natural force that caused men to create human laws. He was not sure what that higher force was, but he was sure that some kind of higher power created the human laws.
 * Moral and Political Theory**

Sources- [] http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/heraclit.htm#H2

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