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Empedocles (circa 490 BCE – c. 430 BCE) was a Greek presocratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek colony in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the origin of the cosmogenic theory of the four classical elements. Little of the verse that Empedocles wrote survives today, and, as with many of the presocratics, much of what is known about his philosophy comes from commentary upon it by later thinkers. Empedocles' death has been the subject of both legend and a number of literary treatments.
Philosophy
Empedocles maintained that all matter is made up of four elements (which he called roots): water, earth, air and fire. Apart from these, he postulated something called Love (philia) to explain the attraction of different forms of matter, and of something called Strife (neikos) to account for their separation. These ideas should not be confused with the four elements: if the elements are the content of the universe, then Love and Strife explain their variation and harmony. He was also one of the first people to state the theory that light travels at a finite (although very large) speed, a theory that gained acceptance only much later. More on [ Empedocles ]
Ancient :: History of Philosophy
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HugoGallardo (Hugo Gallardo) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:46:45 -0000
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Hegel seemingly planed to reconstruct Leibniz's ideas, monadology and binary, with Empedocles-Newton.
kimarx (Kim, YiChul éå©å²) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:16:30 -0000
Hegel seemingly planed to reconstruct Leibniz's ideas, monadology and binary, with Empedocles-Newton.
there is no change but merely a mingling n separating of elements the 1 point that makes empedocles sound insane is the idea of love n hate
monigga27 (Monica Guerrero) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:52:42 -0000
there is no change but merely a mingling n separating of elements the 1 point that makes empedocles sound insane is the idea of love n hate
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bunkakei_bot (bunkakei_bot) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:38:49 -0000
エンペドクレス（Empedocles、紀元前490年頃 – 紀元前430年頃は、古代ギリシアの自然哲学者、医者、詩人、政治家。アクラガスの出身。四元素説を唱えた。弁論術の祖とされる。名家の出身で、彼の祖父は紀元前496年に行われたオリ... http://bit.ly/kzQpu
@cristianlora No te pongas empédocles
diegoursini (Diego Ursini) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:10:41 -0000
@cristianlora No te pongas empédocles
@valthonis Or Sydney. Or Empedocles. Or R'nice. I know Sydney's on here.... :)
KaaSerpent (Gary Henderson) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:21:10 -0000
@valthonis Or Sydney. Or Empedocles. Or R'nice. I know Sydney's on here.... :)
An Empedocles Bibliography - A list of writings about this thinker in various European languages.
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Cosmos of the Ancients: Empedocles - Short article by Stephen Stenudd reviewing the cosmological aspects of Empedocles' writings, and Aristotle's reaction to them.
Meta Description: [ Empedocles, his thoughts on cosmology and myth - by Stefan Stenudd, Swedish author and Historian of Ideas. ]
Empedocles - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article. Summarizes this early Greek thinker's thought and presents what is known about his life.
Empedocles - Course notes, providing a concise introduction to this thinker and pointing out some questions raised by his thought.
Empedocles - Lecture notes by S. Marc Cohen, presenting Empedocles as part of the pluralistic response to Parmenides' teachings.
Empedocles of Acragas - Biographical article by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson. Includes glossary and links to biographies of related thinkers.
Meta Description: [ Empedocles (about 492 BC-about 432 BC) ]
Empedocles of Agrigentum at Peithô's Web - Includes the Leonard translation of the Empedocles' fragments alongside the original Greek, as well as the Life of Empedocles from Diogenes Laertius.
Meta Description: [ Index, Empedocles, fragments translated William Ellery Leonard, the Life of Empedocles by Diogenes Laertius, and more ]
Empedocles: Fragments and Commentary - From the Hanover Historical Texts Project. Arthur Fairbanks translations of the fragments of Empedocles.
The Structure of Empedocles' Fragment 17 - A 2000 paper by Simon Trepanier. An intensive study of this, the longest and most illuminating of Empedocles' fragments.
