Height Quotes by 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…

— Empedocles

But come, hear my words, for truly learning causes the mind to grow. For as I said before in declaring the ends of my…

— Empedocles

What is right may properly be uttered even twice.

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Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.

— Empedocles

Earth's sweat, the sea.

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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

Each man believes only his experience.

— Empedocles

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

— Empedocles

Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain.

— Empedocles

[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.

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Many fires burn below the surface.

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“No mortal thing has a beginning, nor does it end in death and obliteration; there is only a mixing and then separating of what…

— Empedocles