Heráclito de Éfeso, Cleobulina de Lindos y los enigmas

Mariana Gardella Hueso

doi:10.5209/resf.75761

Heraclitus of Ephesus, Cleobuline of Rhodes and the Riddle Tradition

Mariana Gardella Hueso Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/resf.75761

Keywords: Heraclitus, Cleobuline, riddles, knowledge, self-knowledge

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the enigmatic writing style of Heraclitus of Ephesus, taking into account the riddle tradition in Ancient Greece. I will compare some of his aphorisms with the riddles composed by Cleobuline of Rhodes to show that they have a similar function: to hide the obvious using different linguistic strategies in order to extend both the knowledge about the world and self-knowledge.

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Gardella Hueso M. (2021). Heraclitus of Ephesus, Cleobuline of Rhodes and the Riddle Tradition. Revista de Filosofía , 46(1), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.5209/resf.75761

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