the Dark
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The Dark was a sobriquet for the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, reflecting his notoriously obscure and enigmatic style of thought and writing.
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| instanceOf |
sobriquet
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| appliedIn |
biographical discussions of Heraclitus
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philosophical historiography → |
| appliedTo |
Heraclitus of Ephesus
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| associatedWith |
enigmatic philosophical style
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obscurity in philosophy → |
| characterizes |
interpretive difficulty of Heraclitus’s fragments
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| connotation |
intellectual darkness
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lack of clarity → mysteriousness → |
| describes |
Heraclitus’s reputation for difficulty
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| hasMeaning |
obscure and enigmatic
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| hasSubject |
Heraclitus’s philosophical writings
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| historicalContext |
ancient Greek philosophy
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| languageOfOrigin |
English
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| opposedTo |
clarity in philosophical exposition
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| reasonForName |
Heraclitus’s enigmatic writing
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Heraclitus’s obscure style of thought → |
| refersTo |
Heraclitus
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| refersToPeriod |
Heraclitus’s lifetime (c. 6th–5th century BCE)
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| relatedConcept |
Heraclitean obscurity
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| relatedTo |
nickname “the Obscure” for Heraclitus
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| typeOf |
epithet
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| usedBy |
later commentators on Heraclitus
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modern scholars of ancient philosophy → |
| usedFor |
ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus
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Referenced by (1)
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Heraclitus
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nickname |