Heraclituv For example, his native place, the Phocaean colony, once known as Hyele and afterwards as Elea, a city of moderate size, skilled in nothing but to rear brave men, he preferred before all the splendour of Athens, hardly paying the Athenians a visit, but living all his life at home. He was the first to propound the argument of the Achilles. ' which Fa vorinus attributes to Parmenides, and many other arguments. His views are as follows. There are worlds, but there is no empty space. The substance of all things came from hot and cold, and dry and moist, which change into one another. The generation of man proceeds from earth, and the soul is formed by a union of all the foregoing, so blended that no one element predominates. We are told that once when he was reviled he lost his temper, and, in reply to some one who blamed him for this, he said, " If when I am abused I pretend that I am not, then neither shall I be aware of it if I am praised." a The fact that there were eight men of the name of Zeno we have already mentioned under Zeno of Citium. b Our philosopher flourished in the 79th Olympiad. Chapter 6. LEUCIPPUS * Leucippus was born at Elea, but some say at Abdera and others at Miletus. He was a pupil of Zeno. His views were these. The sum of things