Cleobulus of Lindos wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.
The record lists Cleobulus of Lindos as ancient philosopher.
Cleobulus of Lindos was born at Lindus in -629.
Philosophy then was taught in person and preserved by students; what survives often reaches us through the summaries of opponents.
Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.
Cleobulus of Lindos died in -559, aged 70. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
