Empedocles - Wikipedia Empedocles ( ɛmˈpɛdəkliːz ; Ancient Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; c 494 – c 434 BC, fl 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
Empedocles | Pre-Socratic, Eleatic, Acragas | Britannica Empedocles was a Greek philosopher, statesman, poet, religious teacher, and physiologist According to legend only, Empedocles was a self-styled god who brought about his own death, as dramatized by the English poet Matthew Arnold in “Empedocles on Etna,” by flinging himself into the volcanic
Empedocles - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy This entry will introduce Empedocles, his life and work – traditionally referred to as On Nature and the Purifications – as well as the scholarly debates that continue to dominate study of his philosophical system It closes with the influence Empedocles had upon his successors
Empedocles - World History Encyclopedia Empedocles (l c 484-424 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mystic whose work harmonized the philosophies of Parmenides (l c 485 BCE), Heraclitus (l c 500 BCE), and Pythagoras (l c 571 to c 497 BCE) in presenting a unified vision of unchanging reality in which change was possible
Empedocles | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Empedocles (of Acagras in Sicily) was a philosopher and poet: one of the most important of the philosophers working before Socrates (the Presocratics), and a poet of outstanding ability and of great influence upon later poets such as Lucretius
Empedocles: The Enigmatic Life of the Ancient Greek Philosopher Empedocles was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, as well as poet and politician, who left an indelible mark on Western thought However, he is mostly overshadowed by other more famous and popular Greek philosophers
Empedocles - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists Empedocles lived 2500 years ago, soon after the dawn of scientific thought in Ancient Greece In his remarkable life Empedocles devised a theory of natural selection; proposed that everything in existence is made of different combinations of four elements: air, fire, wind and earth; recognized that air
Empedocles (c. 495–c. 435 BC) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Empedocles, born in the Sicilian city of Acragas (modern Agrigento), was a major Greek philosopher of the Presocratic period Numerous fragments survive from his two major works, poems in epic verse known later in antiquity as On Nature and Purifications
Empedocles | Encyclopedia. com Empedocles is best known as the oldest exponent of the four-element theory of matter—earth, air (or aether), fire, and water—which endured until the advent of modern chemistry, although with some serious modifications by later thinkers and despite strong criticisms from the ancient atomists