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Empedocles | |
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 Empedocles, 17th-century engraving | |
| Born | c. 490 BC |
| Died | c. 430 BC (aged around 60) Mount Etna, Sicily |
| Era | Pre-Socratic philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Pluralist school |
Main interests | Cosmogenesis, ontology, epistemology |
Notable ideas | All matter is made up of four elements: water, earth, air and fire The cosmic principles of Philotes ("Love") and Neikos ("Repulsion") Theories about respiration |
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Empedocles was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher who lived in Agrigentum, a Greek colony in Sicily.
Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the origin of the cosmogenic theory of the four classical elements in the Western world. He also proposed powers called Love and Strife which would act as forces to bring about the mixture and separation of the elements.
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