Fragment 64
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τὰ δὲ πάντα οἰακίζει κεραυνός
The thunderbolt that steers all things.
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τὰ δὲ πάντα οἰακίζει κεραυνός
The thunderbolt that steers all things.
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Commentary
[ Hide commentary ]Many commentators connect the "thunderbolt" with Zeus (since Zeus was believed to hurl thunderbolts), with fire (for lightning and fire are similar), and with the λόγος (according to which all things come into being). These three concepts seem to be somewhat synonomous in Heraclitus.
Hippolytus (the source for the fragment) comments: "by the thunderbolt, he means the eternal fire" (Barnes 104).
Fragments 64, 65, 66, and 67 all come from the same passage of Hippolytus.