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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
This indiction of fire's power in fragment 25 indicates its great power. Of course, Heraclitus next indicates its lack of power in the statement "Air (lives) the death of Fire."
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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
"God" could refer to ultimate reality for Heraclitus, and the comparison, rather than the identity, of God with fire in fragment 36 suggests that fire may not literally be ultimate reality for Heraclitus.
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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
Permanence, or all presence in time, is a characteristic of ultimate reality, and fragment 20 suggests that fire has that characteristic.
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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
See fragment 26. This suggests fire has power over all things.
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Which position of Heraclitus does not suggest that fire was the ultimate reality for him?
{ 1 } - Fire lives the death of air.
{ 2 } - God changes form as fire does.
{ 3 } - Fire is everliving.
{ 4 } - Fire judges and convicts all things.
{ 5 } - The thunderbolt steers all things.
The thunderbolt appears to be fire, and fragment 28 thus suggests that fire has power over everything.
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