http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/ancient-understanding Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:01:35 -0400 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:01:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/710/how-everything-fits-together-on-knowledge-and-ancient-understanding By Gregory T. Groppoli - That is, all matter that exists is derived from one thing: water. The earth is made mostly of water, everything contains some water in some form, and everything needs water in order to survive. Heraclitus had a similar view for a much different reason. He believed fire to be the physis. He saw the world as ever changing much like a fire transforms fuel into heat, color, and smoke (Hergenhahn, 2009). Since everything was in constant motion, nothing could truly be understood for certain. This is the basis to his famous statement: “It is impossible to step into the same river twice” (... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:39 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/710/how-everything-fits-together-on-knowledge-and-ancient-understanding