Heraclitus of Ephesus - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

The author of the Derveni Papyrus is believed to have drawn from this philosopher in describing the Furies as “allies of Justice” and referencing how divine things “escape recognition” due to disbelief. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this pre-Socratic Greek thinker, dubbed the “weeping philosopher,” who claimed fire was the fundamental substance of the universe.

ANSWER: Heraclitus of Ephesus

[10e] The Derveni Papyrus’s exhortation to the uninitiated to “close the doors” is a traditional Orphic phrase also referenced by Alcibiades while discussing love in this Platonic dialogue named for a drinking party.

ANSWER: Symposium

[10h] The representation of divinity as this concept in the Derveni Papyrus is believed to be drawn from Anaxagoras, who claimed this concept set a mixture of the ingredients of the cosmos into motion.

ANSWER: nous (“noose”) [or intellect; or mind; prompt on intelligence or mental]

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Canada	Main	Y	5	6.00	40%	20%	0%
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Great Lakes	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	60%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
North	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	33%	33%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	15.71	86%	57%	14%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	10	12.00	80%	40%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%

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Stanford A	Berkeley E	10	10	0	20
Berkeley B	Berkeley A	0	10	0	10
Berkeley D	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	Claremont Scripps	10	10	0	20
UCI	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	0	0	0
UCLA C	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	0	10
USC	UCLA D	0	0	0	0
McGill B	Toronto A	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto E	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Toronto H	10	10	0	20
UCF A	UF B	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	CWRU A	10	10	0	20
MSU A	Pitt A	0	10	0	10
OSU B	OSU A	10	10	0	20
OSU C	OSU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Pitt C	0	0	0	0
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
UF D	Melbourne A	0	10	0	10
Claremont Pitzer	UCLA B	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	George Mason B	10	10	0	20
Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
George Washington A	Georgetown B	10	10	0	20
VCU A	Johns Hopkins A	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Georgetown A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	Lehigh B	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Rutgers C	0	0	0	0
Missouri A	WashU B	0	10	0	10
WashU A	Missouri B	10	10	0	20
WashU C	William Woods	10	0	0	10
WashU D	Truman State	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	UAB A	10	10	0	20
Alabama B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	Auburn B	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Vanderbilt A	10	10	0	20
Huntsville B	Georgia Tech D	0	0	0	0
Georgia Tech A	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Durham A	Cambridge B	10	10	0	20
Bristol A	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
City St George's A	Imperial B	0	0	0	0
Edinburgh A	Cambridge A	10	10	0	20
Manchester A	LSE A	10	10	0	20
Bristol B	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	Oxford B	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Sheffield A	0	10	0	10
Warwick B	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	RIT A	0	0	0	0
RIT B	Cornell-DII	10	10	0	20