One of the most important Presocratic philosophers was the Sicilian Empedocles. He presented his work in the form of two hexameter poems, of which about 450 lines are extant, revealing a formidable range of interests, acute observation, and a firm grasp of fundamental issues in the study of man and nature. Empedocles’ theory of four elements was crucial to later developments in science and medicine. He showed how forces of attraction and repulsion acted on the elements within a framework of cyclical time and limited space, and initiated or advanced major discoveries in astronomy, biology, and physiology. More sophisticated concepts of divinity, personality, and mortality replaced traditional mythology, and these concepts were founded on the conviction that the individual has control over his own character and intellectual growth. The introduction discusses Empedocles’ life and interests, the content of the Physics and Katharmoi, and the relation of the two poems to each other. A new Greek text with apparatus is followed by translation, commentary, and detailed concordance, to give a comprehensive edition of this key figure in the history of ideas. “With its careful and judicious editing of the fragments and its many fresh insights into Empedocles’ thought, this work will be indispensable to students of Presocratic philosophy.”―Alexander P.D. Mourelatos

Empedocles: The Extant Fragments

History

Empedocles

Europe

Yale University Press

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The fragments of Empedocles (Open Court paperbacks)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Open Court Pub. Co

Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation.

Fragments (Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Greek) (Ancient Greek and English Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Henry W. Johnstone jr.

History & Criticism

Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Inc.

Empedoclis Et Parmenidis Fragmenta Ex Codice Taurinensis Bibliothecae Restituta Et Illustrata (Ancient Greek Edition)

Nabu Press

Empedoclis Agrigentini Carminum Reliquiae (Italian Edition)

Karsten, Simon

These are the extant fragments from the works of Empedocles, the Greek philosopher (c.430 B.C.) who assumed four different elements - air, water, fire and earth, and two powers - love and hate. This text is part of the Classic Latin and Greek texts series.

Empedocles: Extant Fragments (Classic Commentaries)

Bristol Classical Press

Empedocles was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Acragas (Agrigentum), a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogenic theory of the four classical elements. He also proposed forces he called Love and Strife which would mix as well as separate the elements. These physical speculations were part of a history of the universe which also dealt with the origin and development of life. Influenced by the Pythagoreans, Empedocles was a vegetarian who supported the doctrine of reincarnation. He is generally considered the last Greek philosopher to have recorded his ideas in verse. Some of his work survives, more than is the case for any other pre-Socratic philosopher. Empedocles' death was mythologized by ancient writers, and has been the subject of a number of literary treatments.

Fragments of Empedocles

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