ABSTRACT
IbelievethatitwasathoughtsuchasthisthatledHeraclitustohis solutionoftheproblemofchange.
Heraclitus'solutionis:'Everythingisinflux,andnothingisatrest.' 34 Itisadenialof'things'thatchange(or,wemaysay,itistheplacingof 'thing'inquotes).Therearenothings-thereareonlychanges,processes.There isnoleaf-as-such,nounchangingsubstratumthatisfirstmoistandthen dry;thereisrathertheprocess,thedryingleaf.'Things'areanillusion,a mistakenabstractionfromreality.Allthingsarelikeflames,likefire.A flamemaylooklikeathing,butweknowthatitisnota'thing'butaprocess.
