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According to Diogenes Laërtius, Heraclitus deposited the book in the Artemision – one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – as a dedication. [a] Classicist Charles Kahn states: "Down to the time of Plutarch and Clement, if not later, the little book of Heraclitus was available in its original form to any reader who chose to seek it out."
The most famous fragment [3] describes Stoic cosmopolitanism through the use of concentric circles in regard to oikeiôsis. Hierocles describes individuals as consisting of a series of circles: the first circle is the human mind, next comes the immediate family, followed by the extended family, and then the local community.
Heraclitus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος, romanized: Hērakleitos; fl. c. AD 190–200) was a Christian Biblical scholar and bishop of the late 2nd century. [1]According to Eusebius, and Jerome in De viris illustribus, Heraclitus wrote commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles and/or the Epistles, [a] during the reigns of Commodus and Septimius Severus.
Heraclitus (Greek: Ἡράκλειτος; fl. 1st century AD) was a grammarian and rhetorician, who wrote a Greek commentary on Homer which is still extant. Little is known about Heraclitus. It is generally accepted that he lived sometime around the 1st century AD. [ 1 ]
Stoic philosopher and follower of Persaeus of Citium Chrysippus (of Soli) (c. 280–c. 206 BC) Third leader of the Stoic school. Wrote 705 books Dioscorides (Stoic) (fl. 225 BC) Pupil of Chrysippus. Father of Zeno of Tarsus: Aristocreon (fl. 210 BC) Nephew of Chrysippus: 2nd Century BC: Zeno of Tarsus (fl. 200 BC) Fourth leader of the Stoic school
For example, Heraclitus the Grammarian wrote in his Homeric Problems: I turn to Heracles. We must not suppose he attained such power in those days as a result of his physical strength. Rather, he was a man of intellect, an initiate in heavenly wisdom, who, as it were, shed light on philosophy, which had been hidden in deep darkness.
Following Heraclitus, Zeno adopted the view that the universe underwent regular cycles of formation and destruction. [ 57 ] The nature of the universe is such that it accomplishes what is right and prevents the opposite, [ 58 ] and is identified with unconditional Fate , [ 59 ] while allowing it the free-will attributed to it. [ 51 ]
Dionysius the Renegade (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Μεταθέμενος; c. 330 BC – c. 250 BC [1]), also known as Dionysius of Heraclea, was a Stoic philosopher and pupil of Zeno of Citium who, late in life, abandoned Stoicism when he became afflicted by terrible pain.