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Empedocles
Definition
- Empedocles was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a poet. He was born circa 495 BC in the Sicilian city of Acragas (recently Agrigento) and died, according to a famous but unproven story, by throwing himself into the active volcano Mount Etna in Sicily circa 435 BC, thus intending to demonstrate his personal immortality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Empedocles (495–435 BC)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Empedocles
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