Empedocles

Empedocles, of Agrigentum, well known in the history of philosophy, was perhaps the most famous of these physicians.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park
In Empedocles' theory of evolution, the vegetable world preceded the animal.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Empedocles, one of the early disciples of Pythagoras, said that he inhabited a female body in his preceding existence.
Reincarnation|Th. Pascal
Empedocles and the panpsychists spoke in the same sense of sensation and effort in all things.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel

He had done the same with Empedocles on Etna, and other Poems in 1852.
Matthew Arnold|G. W. E. Russell

British Dictionary definitions for Empedocles

Empedocles

/ (ɛmˈpɛdəˌkliːz) /

noun

?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord

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Medical definitions for Empedocles

Empedocles

[ ĕm-pĕd′ə-klēz′ ]

Fifth century bc

Greek philosopher who believed that all matter is composed of elemental particles of fire, water, earth, and air.