Harmonie and synapsis in the thought of Heraclitus
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https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.1798Keywords:
compatibility, combination, a being brought together, a being brought apart, back‑turning, opposed, bow, order, whole, in harmony, out of harmony, one, everything, wordAbstract
The article attempts to shed light on the meaning of the terms harmonie and synapsis. The motivation for this attempt is the fact that two further terms, sympheron and diapheron, were used in the context of the original two. It might seem that the use of similar terms suggests a similar meaning. Our analyses demonstrated, however, that Heraclitus refers the two terms to different events. In case of harmonie it is the compatibility of two radically opposing elements, whose nature is captured by the phrase in sentence B8, namely: to antiksun. In case of synapsis it is the combination of two elements, i.e. a certain common element, for instance a shared border. The fact that the terms sympheron and diapheron are used to describe both of them may be result of the Heraclitus’ search for a rule (gnome) that rules everything. It may bring a possibility of referring to logos in a direct way.References
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