Friday, September 21, 2007

Heraklit und Sein Kampf

Heraclitus, ancient greek philosopher, maintained that War and Strife
are necessary to being: #25) "War is both father of all and king of
all...." #26) "It must be seen that struggle is the common condition;
that strife is justice; and all things happen according to strife and
necessity." #27) "Homer was wrong in saying 'Would that strife might
perish from among gods and men' for if that were to occur, the
universe would cease to exist."

Here's Prof. Harris' commentary on Heraclitus:
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Philosophy/heraclitus.pdf

http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/heraklit.htm

The Titanomachy and Gigantomachy are archetypal greek myths.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantes

http://www.gigantomachia.com/gigantomachia/2003/08/platos_sophist.html

p.s. It seems to me that people sublimate their war drives in such
things as watching action films, sports, and many types of television
viewing; political expression; competition of various types; aggressive driving;
commerce and litigation.

http://www.hypatia-lovers.com/AncientGreeks/Section08.html

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