HERACLITUS / ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΤΟΣ

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Heraclitus has been a favorite subject for both ancient biographers and nmodern scholars, so there is a special need to separate the mysterious, dark philosopher from his mysterious, dark biography. The key point to keep in mind when considering the life, and especially the death, of this profound nphilosopher is the extraordinary antipathy, even hatred, that he roused in his readers and biographers. Their hostility, evident to a certain degree in the lives of all the philosophers, reaches unprecedented heights when
Heraclitus dies buried in dung. To understand this death, the traditional biographical reaction to Heraclitus must be reviewed in detail, for it is the biographers’ reaction to and interpretation of Heraclitus’ work that account for this singular, and singularly hostile, death.

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