Behind the superficial obscurity of what Fragments we have of Heraclitus\' thought, Professor Kahn claims that it is possible to detect a systematic view of human existence, a theory of language which sees ambiguity as a device for the expression of multiple meaning, and a vision of human life and death within the larger order of nature.
The Fragments are presented here in a readable order; Translation and Commentary aim to make accessible the power and originality of a systematic thinker and.
Behind the superficial obscurity of what Fragments we have of Heraclitus\' thought, Professor Kahn claims that it is possible to detect a systematic view of human existence, a theory of language which sees ambiguity as a device for the expression of multiple meaning, and a vision of human life and death within the larger order of nature