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Heraclitus fragment on the Delphic oracle resonates with readers
Original: The Lord whose oracle is at Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign. Heraclitus ~ Fragment 93 photo niphisi
Heraclitus's Fragment 93 is being shared and quoted again: 'The Lord whose oracle is at Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign.' The ancient Greek philosopher's cryptic line, paired with photography in this instance, continues to draw attention among readers interested in philosophy and classical literature. People are passing it around as a meditation on indirect meaning and interpretation, a theme that keeps the fragment in circulation more than two millennia after it was written.
Why now: The aphorism's enduring relevance to questions of meaning and interpretation keeps it circulating among philosophy and books communities.
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