Empedocles
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Philosophy, Science
- Subcategories: Philosophers, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Greek philosopher{$I[g]Greece;Empedocles} Empedocles was one of the earliest of the Greek philosophers to provide a unified theory of the nature of the world and the cosmos.
Early Life
Born c. 490 in Acragas, Empedocles (ehm-PEHD-uh-kleez) was a member of the aristocracy. Much of his life has become shrouded in legend; fact is more difficult to discover. It is known that he spent some time with Zeno and Parmenides in the city of Elea; some time after that, he studied with the school of Pythagoras. Later, he left the Pythagoreans for...
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