Empedocles (c. 490 – c. 430 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Acragas (Agrigentum), a Greek city in Sicily.
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Each man believes only his experience. Empedocles
Each man believes only his experience.
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere. Empedocles
The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.
Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain. Empedocles
Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain.
I, an immortal god, no more a mortal, so honored by all, go about among you… I am praised by men and women, and followed by thousands who ask for deliverance… Empedocles
I, an immortal god, no more a mortal, so honored by all, go about among you… I am praised by men and women, and followed by thousands who ask for deliverance…
For from these elements has budded all That was or is or evermore shall be… …Through one another, they take new faces By varied mingling and enduring change. Empedocles
For from these elements has budded all That was or is or evermore shall be… …Through one another, they take new faces By varied mingling and enduring change.
What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky. Empedocles
What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky.
Many fires burn below the surface. Empedocles
Many fires burn below the surface.
There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things. Empedocles
There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things.
[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground. Empedocles
[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.
Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods. Empedocles
Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.
The moon passing under the sun’s beams darkens a bleak tract of Earth as large as the breadth of her. [the moon]. Empedocles
The moon passing under the sun’s beams darkens a bleak tract of Earth as large as the breadth of her. [the moon].
Earth's sweat, the sea. Empedocles
Earth's sweat, the sea.