EMPEDOCLES
\ɛmpˈɛdɒkə͡lz], \ɛmpˈɛdɒkəlz], \ɛ_m_p_ˈɛ_d_ɒ_k_əl_z]\
Definitions of EMPEDOCLES
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
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Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)
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A celebrated Sicilian Greek philosopher; born at Agrigentum about B. C. 500; died probably in the Peloponnesus about B. C. 440. He was physician, philosopher, and seer, and a poet too, for his treatises or speculations were written in verse. We have some considerable fragments of his work on "Nature" (or "Natural Things" or "Natural Philosophy"). Of another of his works, on "Lustrations" or "Purifications", there remain but a few short fragments.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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