Empedocles (c. 490 – c. 430 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Acragas (Agrigentum), a Greek city in Sicily.
Empedocles' philosophy is bes...
For before this I was born once a boy, and a maiden, and a plant, and a bird, and a darting fish in the sea. Empedocles
For before this I was born once a boy, and a maiden, and a plant, and a bird, and a darting fish in the sea.
None of the gods has formed the world, nor has any man, it has always been. Empedocles
None of the gods has formed the world, nor has any man, it has always been.
At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them apart. Empedocles
At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them apart.
Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned. Empedocles
Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.
The sea is the sweat of the earth. Empedocles
The sea is the sweat of the earth.
What is right may properly be uttered even twice. Empedocles
What is right may properly be uttered even twice.