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Empedocles

Empedocles (; ; , 444–443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is known best for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. He also proposed forces he called Love and Strife which would mix and separate the elements, respectively.

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Empedocles was a male human born in Akragas around 490 BCE. He worked as a physician, philosopher, writer, and poet. His fields of work included philosophy and medicine. He wrote in Ancient Greek and was associated with the Pluralist school and Pre-Socratic philosophy. He studied under Anaxagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Pythagoras. His students included Gorgias, Corax of Syracuse, and Tisias.

He died in 430 BCE, though other dates such as 444 BCE and 432 BCE are also recorded. His death occurred at Mount Etna or in the Peloponnese due to falling. The manner of death is described as suicide. His native name is Ἐμπεδοκλῆς. His works appear in sources such as The Divine Comedy. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 490 BCE
Died: 430 BCE
Works: 29

Top works

Carmina
[Kapharmoi
Empedocles
The Fragments of Empedocles
Empedocles Agrigentinus

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Belgium
Active from: 2003
Active to: 2005

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 34
Total plays: 357

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Quantum-Confined Stark Effect in Single CdSe Nanocrystallite Quantum Dots
· 1997 · cited 907x
High-performance thin-film transistors using semiconductor nanowires and nanoribbons
· 2003 · cited 868x
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy of Single CdSe Nanocrystallite Quantum Dots
· 1996 · cited 672x
Blinking statistics in single semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots
· 2001 · cited 506x
Raman modes of metallic carbon nanotubes
· 1998 · cited 385x

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Authority record · VIAF

Role / Field: Philosopher
Gender: Unknown

Recorded by 6 libraries

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Quotes

“τέσσαρα γὰρ πάντων ῥιζώματα πρῶτον ἄκουε·Ζεὺς ἀργὴς Ἥρη τε φερέσβιος ἠδ’ ἈιδωνεύςΝῆστίς θ’, ἥ δακρύοις τέγγει κρούνωμα βρότειον.”
“ἄλλο δέ τοι ἐρέω· φύσις οὐδενός ἐστιν ἁπάντωνθνητῶν, οὐδέ τις οὐλομένου θανάτοιο τελευτή,ἀλλὰ μόνον μίξις τε διάλλαξίς τε μιγέντωνἐστί, φύσις δ’ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνομάζεται ἀνθρώποισιν.”
“νήπιοι· οὐ γάρ σφιν δολιχόφρονές εἰσι μέριμναι,οἵ δὴ γίγνεσθαι πάρος οὐκ ἐὸν ἐλπίζουσινἤ τι καταθνήισκειν τε καὶ ἐξόλλυσθαι ἁπάντηι.”
“οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.”
“ἧι γὰρ καὶ πάρος ἔσκε, καὶ ἔσσεται, οὐδέ ποτ’, οἴω,τούτων ἀμφοτέρων κενεώσεται ἄσπετος αἰών.”
“…καὶ δὶς γάρ, ὅ δεῖ, καλόν ἐστιν ἐνισπεῖν.”

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Key facts

Philosopher.region: Western philosophy
Philosopher.era: Pre-Socratic philosophy
Philosopher.image: Empedokles.jpeg
Philosopher.caption: Empedocles of Agrigentum
Philosopher.name: Empedocles
Philosopher.birth_place: Akragas, Sicily
Philosopher.main_interests: Cosmogony, biology
Philosopher.notable_ideas: Classical four elements: fire, air, earth and water Love and Strife as opposing physical forces

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Works in European collections

14 objects attributed to Empedocles, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Empedoclis et Parmenidis Fragmenta: simul agitur de genuino Graeco textu commentarii simplicii in Aristotelem de coelo et mundo

Empedocles Agrigentinus :De vita et philosophia eius

Empedoclis Agrigentini carminum reliquiae

The wisdom of the Empedocles according to their sources and their interpretation philosophically processed, together with a metric translation of the still existing places of his teaching poem about nature and the luminaries and his epigrams

Empedoclis Agrigentini Carminum Reliquiae : De Vita Ejus Et Studiis Disseruit ... Simon Karsten

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Life
Death and legacy
Philosophy
Cosmogony
Psychology
Writings
Notes
References
Bibliography
Ancient Testimony
References
Further reading
External links

Empedocles challenged the practice of animal sacrifice and killing animals for food. He developed a distinctive doctrine of reincarnation. He is generally considered the last Greek philosopher to have recorded his ideas in verse. Some of his work survives, more than is the case for any other pre-Socratic philosopher. Empedocles' death was mythologized by ancient writers, and has been the subject of a number of literary treatments.

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Empedocles