Is system dynamics the realization of Heraclitus' concept of the logos?

Heraclitus (535 - 475 BCE) may be the first system dynamicist. Consider his concept of logos, based on the writings of the author of the first web site given below:

"All things are in perpetual flux. ... However, the perpetual flux is structured by logos. ... The logos which structures the human soul mirrors the logos which structures the ever-changing processes of the universe."

Here are two web sites that examine the concept of logos:

first site
second site

Note that system dynamics has been applied quite widely. Here are three web sites indicating the wide range of application of system dynamics:

Structuring, modeling, and simulating human consciousness
Structuring, modeling, and simulating world dynamics.
Lane DC. 2001a. Rerum cognoscere causas: Part I - How do the ideas of system dynamics relate to traditional social theories and the voluntarism/determinism debate? System Dynamics Review 17(2):97-118.

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