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Through his war and strife of the universe come harmony, peace, friendship, which after such violent birth-pangs ought to be appreciated. Heraclitus has the process, he knows that in all the hurly-burly of Becoming must lurk the Be- come, the One and Eternal. This he names va- riously Necessity, Law and Order, Reason (logos). This Reason is for him the divine process in all Becoming, which process we must participate in if we would know. Says he : We act and think everything rightly according to our participation in the Divine Reason ; if we act and think simply of ourselves, we are as in a dream. prev     next
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