Empedocles Quotes on Nature
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 nature, 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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Attributed to Empedocles:
“Love and Strife alternately rule and are ruled in turn.”
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Attributed to Empedocles:
“There is no birth in mortal things, nor any end in ruinous death; there is only mingling and interchange of what is mingled.”
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Attributed to Empedocles:
“I have already once been a boy and a girl, a bush and a bird and a mute fish in the sea.”