I really, really love Heraclitus.
He's very sassy in calling out people's logic. He makes the claim that the problem with mob thinking is that people don't realize how incapable of thinking things through they actually are. He says that people will gladly follow the crowd without stopping to think that the majority of people are bad, and shouldn't be leading anyone to begin with.
He repeatedly says that people shouldn't get everything that they want, and refers to animals to portray bad qualities in humans. He seems to support a sort of self-denial that will make the soul more fit for true reason and authentic living. That seems to be a common theme with many philosophers. In order to be a good person, we can't give in to every single inclination that we have.
he is sassy.
ReplyDeleteI too like Heraclitus because he's "sassy." But making sassy claims about people's way of life is much easier than providing a positive account of how one should live. What do you think the Heraclitean way of life would look like? How might it be informed by his crazy metaphysics?
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