Empedocles
Empedocles
Empedocleswas a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogenic theory of the four Classical elements. He also proposed forces he called Love and Strife which would mix as well as separate the elements. These physical speculations were part of a history of the universe which also dealt with the origin and development of life. Influenced by the Pythagoreans, he supported the doctrine of reincarnation. Empedocles...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
beliefs divine gained gods wealth whose wretched
Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.
sweat sea earth
The sea is the sweat of the earth.
sweat sea earth
Earth's sweat, the sea.
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The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.