Heraclitus seemed to pattern his obscurity after oracles. Heraclitus did state "nature loves to hide" and "a hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one". He also stated "The lord whose oracle is in Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign."The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece. (2007). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 183 Heraclitus is the earliest known literary reference to the Delphic maxim to know thyself.
Heraclitus seemed to pattern his obscurity after oracles. Heraclitus. did state "nature loves to hide" and "a hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one". He also stated "The lord whose oracle is in Delphi neither speaks nor conceals, but gives a sign."The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece. (2007). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 183 Heraclitus is the earliest known literary reference to the Delphic maxim to know thyself