Empedocles
EMPEDOCLES of Acragas (Sicily), a Greek philosopher and sage who lived in the first half of the fifth century BCE (c. 495–435 BCE) and who ended his life, according to a widespread b...
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Empedocles
492?-432 B.C.
Greek philosopher who gained fame as a physician, statesman, theologian, mystic, and democratic reformer. Only fragments of his long poem, On Nature, have survived. Galen call...
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Empedocles. (Archivo Iconigrafico, S.A./Corbis. Reproduced with permission.)
Empedocles of Acragas
c.492-c.432 B.C.
Sicilian Philosopher, Poet, and Physician
Empedocles is considered, perhaps i...
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Empedocles of Acragas, (Ca. 492 B.c.-Ca. 432 B.c.)
Greek philosopher, poet, and politician
A philosopher, poet, politician, and visionary, Empedocles of Acragas developed radical new ideas about the n...
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Empedocles(5th Century Bce–After 444 Bce)
Empedocles, the Greek poet, prophet, and natural philosopher, was the originator of the doctrine of four elements that dominated Western cosmology and ...
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Empedocles [addendum]
The philosophy of Empedocles remains the subject of widely diverging interpretations. This is so despite the discovery of important new evidence, which, far from dousing old deba...
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The Greek philosopher, poet, and scientist Empedocles (493-433 BC) propounded a pluralist cosmological scheme in which fire, air, water, and earth mingled and separated under the compulsion of love an...
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Empedocles is regarded as a pre-Socratic philosopher, although his lifetime overlaps that of Socrates. He is notable for propounding both an ingenious naturalistic view of the cosmos and an extravagan...
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A philosopher, poet, politician, and visionary, Empedocles of Acragas developed radical new ideas about the nature of the universe. His philosophy of the four elements in the universe and the definiti...
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Empedocles
Empedocles
Empedocles of Acragas, (Ca. 492 B.c.-Ca. 432 B.c.)
Empedocles (5th Century Bce-After 444 Bce)
Empedocles
Empedocles
Empedocles, of Acragas
