DIALECTICS OF AKME AND KATE IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF HERACLITUS

Abstract

Aim. To identify the premises of the concepts of acme and kate in the philosophy of Heraclitus. Methodology. The article examines the surviving fragments of the works of Heraclitus. The following methods were used: problematic and descriptive analytics of specific primary sources in the context of ideas about the top and bottom. Philosophically, the authors focused on hermeneutic and dialectical methods. Results. In the course of the work, the acmeological aspect of the philosophy of Heraclitus was revealed, which is revealed through the analysis of the dialectics of the basic concepts of the philosophical concept of the great thinker: order (Logos as the internal structure of fire) and chaos (fire as a material cause). This antithesis is interpreted in an acmeological key, that is, as a dialectical contradiction of the second order (between upward and downward movement), behind which a new contradiction is hidden - between acme and kate. The assertion of the unity and struggle of oppositely directed forces leads Heraclitus to the dialectical idea of harmony, which can only be cognized through the most detailed comparison of acme and kate, since they do not exist without each other. Research implications. The results of the research contribute to the development of the concepts of acmeology, and also make it possible to expand the conceptual field in the philosophical theory of development.