Empedocles
Empedocles | |
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 Empedocles, 17t-century engravin | |
| Born | 490 BC Agrigentum, Sicily |
| Dee'd | 430 BC (aged aroond 60) Munt Etna, Sicily |
| Era | Pre-Socratic filosofie |
| Region | Wastren Filosofie |
| Schuil | Pluralist Schuil |
Main interests | Cosmogenesis an ontology |
Notable ideas | Aw matter is made up o fower elements: watter, yird, air an fire The cosmic principles o Philotes ("Love") an Neikos ("Repulsion")[1] |
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Empedocles (/ɛmˈpɛdəkliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; Empedoklēs; Auncient Greek: [empedoklɛ̂ːs]; c. 490 – 430 BC) wis a Greek pre-Socratic filosopher an a ceetizen o Agrigentum, a Greek ceety in Sicily.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Frank Reynolds, David Tracy (eds.), Myth and Philosophy, SUNY Press, 1990, p. 99.
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