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The most profound description of the Heraclitean Logos

  This is perhaps the most profound description of the Heraclitean Logos: अनिरोधमनुत्पादमनुच्छेदमशाश्वतम्। अनेकार्थमनानार्थमनागममनिर्गमम्॥ anirodham anutpādam anucchedam aśāśvatam anekārtham anānārtham anāgamam anirgamaṁ (Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 1.1) अशाश्वतम् (aśāśvatam) — “not eternal”: not because it is merely temporal, but because it makes itself intelligible through its presence within human time. Neither perishing nor arising in time; neither terminable nor eternal; neither self-identical nor changing in form; neither coming nor going. (Sprung’s translation) It is nothing more than a σύλληψις -  a seizing, grasping, or apprehension - which not everyone can develop into genuine knowledge. Within this σύλληψις , the Logos is always turned towards individuals; yet only some individuals are turned towards the Logos.