Becoming
The realm of change and passing-away set against changeless Being — the Parmenidean and Platonic Being-vs-becoming contrast.
Becoming (genesis) is the realm of change and process, classically set against unchanging Being. Heraclitus of Ephesus (c. 500 BCE) made flux the heart of reality — 'you cannot step into the same river twice' — while Parmenides of Elea denied that genuine becoming is possible at all. The tension they opened between Being and Becoming drove Plato's two-worlds metaphysics and echoes through philosophy ever since.
How it traveled
- RepublicAthens · -375explains
- ParmenidesAthens · -370explains
- TimaeusAthens · -360explains
- MetaphysicsChalcis · -322explains
- Adversus MathematicosAlexandria · 190explains
- Pyrrhoniae HypotyposesAlexandria · 210explains
- Sha'ar HaGilgulimTzfat · 1570
- Ohr HaChammah on ZoharTzfat · 1620
- Likutei HalakhotBreslov (Ukraine) · 1840
- Praeparatio Evangelica—explains
Key passages(20)
Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes · Sextus Empiricus
Adversus Mathematicos · Sextus Empiricus
Adversus Mathematicos · Sextus Empiricus
Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes · Sextus Empiricus
Praeparatio Evangelica · Eusebius of Caesarea
Praeparatio Evangelica · Eusebius of Caesarea