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Heraclitus considered fire as the most fundamental element.
He believed fire gave rise to the other elements and thus to all things.
He regarded the soul as being a mixture of fire and water, with fire being the noble part of the soul, and water the ignoble part.
A soul should therefore aim toward becoming more full of fire and less full of water: a " dry " soul was best.
According to Heraclitus, worldly pleasures made the soul " moist ", and he considered mastering one's worldly desires to be a noble pursuit which purified the soul's fire.
Norman Melchert interpreted Heraclitus as using " fire " metaphorically, in lieu of Logos, as the origin of all things.
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