Empedocles Quotes on God
Empedocles of Acragas was an ancient Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher of the 5th century BC, born in the Greek city of Acragas in Sicily. This page collects quotes attributed to Empedocles on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Empedocles:
“There are four roots of all things: bright Zeus, life-giving Hera, Aidoneus, and Nestis whose tear-drops are a well-spring to mortals.”
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“Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom , but miserable is he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods .”
Purifications | tr. Arthur Fairbanks -
“Fortunate is he who has acquired a wealth of divine understanding, but wretched the one whose interest lies in shadowy conjectures about divinities.”
Purifications -
“For one by one did quake the limbs of God.”
On Nature | tr. William Leonard