Vol 8, No 1, 2009 pp. 55-60
UDC
1 Heraclitus
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE SOUL AND THE LOGOS IN HERACLITUS' FRAGMENTS
Sladjana Ristić Gorgiev
Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, Republic of Serbia
E-mail: slabra@eunet.rs
In Heraclitus' teaching, the concepts of the soul and the logos are interrelated. According to Heraclitus, the soul is a part of the omnipresent logos and fire, and the essence of the individual soul is reflected in its ability to get closer to logos. The world of logos and eternity is the law that all shall bow before, whether or not they are aware of it in this life. What logos is for cosmos, mind is for man. The principal moral of Heraclitus' Fragments is subjection to the laws of the mind and harmonization of all life with logos.
Key words:
soul, logos, fire, Heraclitus, measure, principle, general, law.
ODNOS DUŠE I LOGOSA U HERAKLITOVIM FRAGMENTIMA
Pojmovi duša i logos međusobno su povezani u Heraklitovom učenju. Po Herklitu duša je deo sveopšteg logosa i sveopšte vatre a smisao pojedinačne duše ogleda se u tome da se ona približi logosu. Svet logosa i večnosti je zakon kome će se svi, bez obzira na to bili svesni toga u ovome životu ili ne, pokoriti. Ono što je logos u kosmosu to je um u čoveku. Pokoravanje zakonima uma i uskalađivanje svog života sa logosom jeste osnovna poruka Heraklitovih fragmenata.
Ključne reči:
duša, logos, vatra, Heraklit, mera, princip, opšte, zakon
