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EMPEDOCLES (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ) (-490 – -430)

EMPEDOCLES (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ) (-490 – -430)

-490 – -430

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1907 CE

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The fragments of Empedocles. Translated into English verse by William Ellergy Leonard.

EMPEDOCLES (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ) (-490 – -430)
EMPEDOCLES (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ) (-490 – -430) LEONARD, William Ellery (1876 – 1944)

Empedocles was a Greek philosopher, statesman, physician and reformer. His poem on Nature originally ran to 5,000 lines, of which only 400 are now left. He believed in four ultimate elements—fire, air, water and…