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Title: Remembering Heraclitus by Richard G. Geldard ISBN: 0-940262-98-3 Publisher: Lindisfarne Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Finally....
Comment: ....someone has given some long overdue credit to this brilliant pre-socratic philosopher.
Geldard has done a good job articulating and intelligently interpreting Heraclitus though, mildly clouded by his personal understanding and experiences.
In any case this is one of the best attempts to explain a very difficult and often confusing subject matter. The suggested readings at the back of the book were particularly helpful to me.
Rating: 5
Summary: Heraclitus!
Comment: _Remembering Heraclitus_ is an exposition of the philosophy of Heraclitus as revealed to us in the few fragments of his that have been preserved. The book is quite profound and asks us questions that concern the very nature of man and his universe. The author describes Heraclitus as a thinker who rejected life in the political sphere for a life removed from the Greek polis where he could engage in speculation and his own researches into the process in all things. Central to his thought is the idea of Logos. This has influenced the thought of many future generations, as well as the Christian religion. By achieving contact with the Logos, man can achieve a more harmonious existence. Heraclitus can be understood using the concept of apophasis, or "affirmation through negation". This is a way of telling us what something is, by telling us what it is not. The author explains how this works for Heraclitus in much detail. The author also discusses such terms as physis (nature), ethos (human nature), and telos (purpose) and how they all play an essential role in the thinking of Heraclitus. He also discusses how Heraclitus' thinking is applicable to the modern day understanding of consciousness, modern day physics, society, and the historical understanding of the development of philosophy. Finally, the author discusses how one should view the notion of esotericism, esoteric thought, and whether we should reject, or alternatively, idolize the past. Heraclitus is indeed a fascinating figure, a philosopher, an alchemist, a teacher, and a profound thinker who has left his mark on Western civilization (and is even popular among some Eastern philosophers). And, this book is a fine survey of the meaning of his thought.
Rating: 5
Summary: An academic and a brightly articulate study
Comment: In Remembering Heraclitus, educator and scholar Richard Geldard reveals Heraclitus as one of the principal sources of Western mystical thinking. With new translation of all the essential fragments of Heraclitus writings, readers are treated to both an academic and a brightly articulate study that present very real and contemporary existential and phenomenological challenges. Enhanced with appendices on "The Problem of the Text"; "The Essential Fragments"; Glossary of Greek Terms"; and "Suggested Readings", Remembering Heraclitus is rewarding and very highly recommended reading for students Greek antiquarian history, literature, culture, philosophy, religion, and metaphysics.
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Title: The Art and Thought of Heraclitus: An Edition of the Fragments with Translation and Commentary by Heraclitus, Charles H. Kahn ISBN: 052128645X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 03 September, 1981 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Fragments: The Collected Wisdom of Heraclitus by Heraclitus, James Hillman, Brooks Haxton ISBN: 0670891959 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fragments by Heraclitus, Brooks Haxton, James Hillman ISBN: 0142437654 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Traveler's Key to Ancient Greece by Richard Geldard, Richard G. Geldard, Astrid Fitzgerald ISBN: 0835607844 Publisher: Quest Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers by Kathleen Freeman ISBN: 0674035011 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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