Heraclitus, Empedocles, and Parmenides all state or suggest that thinking the right kinds of thoughts positively transforms our relationship to our environment. If thoughts are the right kind, it is presumably because they build on the particular receptivity of human nature to true knowledge about the nature of things, knowledge that, in turn, brings the person into greater harmony with the world around him. Thought is thus a uniquely transformative encounter with reality. Brooke Holmes
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The great Greek philosopher Aristotle, who lived from 384 to 323 B.C., said, “All men by nature desire to know.” He believed this desire is not satisfied until the person comes into contact with true knowledge, which is different from knowledge that is not true.

Source: The Symptom And The Subject: The Emergence Of The Physical Body In Ancient Greece

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