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Empedocles
Sicilian philosopher-poet (5th c. BC) of the four elements and of Strife and Love, the 'discordant concord' of things.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §453-476 Empedocles
Sicilian philosopher-poet said to have leapt into Etna's crater to be thought a god; Horace's mad poet.
- The Epistles §1.12 Empedocles
Sicilian philosopher-poet (5th c. BC) of the four elements and of Strife and Love, the 'discordant concord' of things.