REALITY EXPLAINED FROM PARMENIDES TO HERACLITUS: AN INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN GOD

Abstract

This paper focuses on the positions maintained from Parmenides to Heraclitus in explaining reality though with much favour to that of Heraclitan view especially as it concerns the nature of the Christian God. Many theories have interpreted reality in different ways to suit and protect their tenets or doctrines, but which appears contradictory to logic. The implications in such interpretations are haphazardness and non-inclusiveness. At this, questions arise: is reality viewed partly or holistically? Is reality identified by change or permanence, and how can one explain the other and vice versa, and in respect to the nature of God? However, applying comparative, expository and evaluative methods, the paper insists that reality is all-encompassing and holistic, and is expressed in both the Heraclitan and Parmenidan positions.