The Ancient Philosophies of Heraclitus and Parmenides

Who was Heraclitus? Who was Parmenides? Heraclitus and Parmenides are often considered some of the most radical presocratics for their metaphysical assertions. Heraclitus proposed the non-existence of a metaphysical being entirely. Parmenides denies the existence of becoming in response. These are two new and powerful voices in the philosophical discussion, the evolving story of philosophy. Hopefully, this video conveys the philosophies of these two respected thinkers in the simplest way possible, while keeping the story engaging and entertaining.

0:00 Heraclitus
3:54 Parmenides

Books Cited:
"A History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell
"Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks" by Friedrich Nietzsche
"Lives of Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laertius
"The Beginning of Western Philosophy" by Martin Heidegger

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[cjhamilton_art]

"It takes a special kind of man to have his insults recorded through history" 😂

[TheEpicureanStoic]

Man this is such a great distillation of two of the most enigmatic figures of ancient Greek philosophy! It took me two videos and 26 minutes total to cover Heraclitus and Parmenides, but your video is a perfect summary!

[ReynaSingh]

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[nickwilliams]

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[stillwaitingforblackmetalr]

Parmenides straight up inventing advaita vedanta by himself in Italy like a true chad.

[zatchi]

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[zsiv]

very informative and funny! Keep it up.

[kariannecrysler]

1:17 given today’s societal climate’s, that seems like a complete thought

[luismariaolmedoibarra]

Yo but the becoming logic is straight up fire. I mean the other guy says shit about what exists and what is, but at the end of the day it all BECAME In supernovae through the eons. I stand with poo-pile dog-mauled bro on this one

[dd-rytp]

I just like your voice so much.
And you did all the animations yourself?

[austinmackell]

We kind of now say that everything is "energy", so "everything is fire" doesn't sound so dumb, really.

[markantrobus]

Narrator egregiously missed Heraclitus' Logos - accessible to all and whose attribute is that all things are one.

[markspano]

Heraclitus and Empedocles are my favorite pre-Socratics.

[TeaParty]

The Presocratics have better one-liners than Henny Youngman. Take my philosophy, please! [BA-BOOM!]

Neither is there more Being here or less Being there but it is all together. [Parmenides]

You can and cannot step into the same river twice. [Heraclitus]

Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands off beans! [Empedocles, rumored to be the inspiration of "Blazing Saddles"]

A woman must not practice argument: this is dreadful! [Democritus Of Abdura]

Everything is water, with just a hint of Jack Daniels. [Thales' brother-in-law]

_Ancilla To The Presocratic Philosophers_-Kathleen Freeman; virtually all fragments, w/virtually no commentary; amusing, light summer reading, best w/a wine spritzer]