PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- Heraclitus wrote one book, which has long been lost. What we have are quotations by other authors.
- His style and the content of his philosophy are closely linked.
- He is attempting not only to offer a constructive philosophy of his own, but is also seeking to cut through the web of illusion which is the "common sense" or "common knowledge" of what the Greeks called the hoi poloi , the great mass of men. The concise, pithy saying serves such purposes well.