Heraclitus's_Philosophy

In this world, philosophy is a way of life. Without philosophy, many things in the world would not have been discovered. A great number of philosophers’ discoveries, suggest that the source of life was made from different attributes. Most of these discoveries did not go beyond the ideas that water is the source of everything, air vapor is the source of everything, or that the four elements of the earth: water, fire, earth, and air, Together, is the source of everything except for one. Heraclitus went beyond the ideas that nothing changes or that nothing came from nothing. As the first western philosopher to go beyond the physical theory, he compared the world as an everlasting fire, described that the source of life was because of God or one entity, and stated that life always changes. These ideas were put together and created into an outstanding theory made by Heraclitus. In Philosophy, the soul is compared to a variety of items. Heraclitus compares the world as an ever lasting fire. He quotes, “All things are in exchange for fire , and for fire all things as goods for gold and gold for goods.” Fire can be measured with items as a standard. Even though it is not a unique source of all things, fire is an important part of Heraclitus’ system. In the bible, God is often described as fire, the source of all things. Heraclitus thought that God or one entity was the source of everything. He states that God is day night, winter summer, satiety hunger, and it alters as it is mixed with incents to the aroma of each. It is describing that there was something that did create life. Life wasn’t create just out of the blue, something had to have create it. The world has to do with God but it’s not a key factor. God created life that always changes, in the place that stays the same. Life is always changing but the place stays the same. Heraclitus states, “Water always changes but the river stays the same.” Even though the river never changes, the water in the river does change. He is stating that even though life changes, many things in life will remain the same. The fact that some things change, make it possible for it to have continued existence throughout life. Heraclitus’s way of philosophy, suggesting that the world is an everlasting fire, god is the source of everything, and life is always changing shows that his views were different from other philosophers. He thought outside of the box, when other philosophers did not. His discoveries changed the way others thought about philosophy. All the ideas put together, create a great theory by a man named Heraclitus.