“For it is by earth that we see earth, by water water, by divine air air, and by destructive fire fire, and love by love, and strife by baneful strife.”

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About Empedocles

Philosopher Greek

Empedocles was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, poet, and statesman from Acragas, Sicily. He is best known for his cosmological theory that all matter is composed of four classical elements: earth, air, fire, and...

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