Empedocles

American

[em-ped-uh-kleez] / ɛmˈpɛd əˌkliz /

noun

c490–c430 b.c., Greek philosopher and statesman.

Empedocles British

/ 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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Xenophanes wasn’t the only ancient Greek to hold such a view: subsequent thinkers proposed similar theories, including the vegetarian Empedocles and the Stoics.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

Impressed as I am by E=mc2, as a non-scientist I can relate more to the physics taught by Empedocles of Sicily circa 450BC.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010

Empedocles Those, who admired the dauntless courage of the Englishmen who attempted Mt.

From Time Magazine Archive

Empedocles doesn't expect his product to reach market until 2006.

From Time Magazine Archive

Empedocles is said to have died in an apotheotic fit by leaping into the hot lava at the summit caldera of the great volcano of Aetna.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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