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 throw himself into the crater of Mount Etna so that he might vanish from the world… — 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
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