On Nature
Metrodorus of Chios
cited 4 times by 2 works in the library · not held
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4 citations · from 2 works-
Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 neutral 3 citations · 4 passages
Named directly by title and author as an example of an obscure book.
And we should find ten thousand things upon ten thousand spoken in riddles by both philosophers and poets, seeing that whole books too show forth the hidden purpose of the writer — such as the book of Heraclitus On Nature, who for this very reason was surnamed "the Obscure.
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Lucullus Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 citation
The work is named explicitly (On Nature) and quoted/paraphrased as an authority for skepticism.
Metrodorus of Chios, who admired him most, at the beginning of his book On Nature says:
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