The force that unites the elements to become all things is Love, also called Aphrodite; Love brings together dissimilar elements into a unity, to become a composite thing. Love is the same force that human beings find at work in… — Empedocles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned. — Empedocles Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark. — Empedocles Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them… — Empedocles Copy Share Image
Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to… — Empedocles Copy Share Image
![“[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.” quote by Empedocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/empedocles-25636_fire_on-the-volcano-and-many-a-fire-there-bur_1101255.jpg)
