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Many fires burn below the sur...

Many fires burn below the surface.

Empedocles 19 quotes

But come, hear my words, for ...

But come, hear my words, for truly learning causes the mind to grow. For as I said before in declaring the ends of my words: Twofold is the truth I shall speak; for at one time there grew to be the one alone out of many, and at another time it separated so that there were many out of the one; fire and water and earth and boundless height of air, and baneful Strife apart from these, balancing each of them, and Love among them, their equal in length and breadth.

Empedocles 19 quotes

There is an utterance of Nece...

There is an utterance of Necessity, an ancient decree of the gods, eternal, sealed fast with broad oaths: whenever any one defiles his body sinfully with bloody gore or perjures himself in regard to wrong-doing, one of those spirits who are heir to long life, thrice ten thousand seasons shall he wander apart from the blessed, being born meantime in all sorts of mortal forms, changing one bitter path of life for another.

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There are forces in nature ca...

There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things.

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Various accounts of Empedocle...

Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to throw himself into the crater of Mount Etna so that he might vanish from the world completely and thus lead men to believe he had achieved apotheosis. Unfortunately the volcano defeated his design by throwing out one of the philosopher's sandals.

Empedocles 19 quotes

At one time through love all ...

At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them apart.

Empedocles 19 quotes

Earth's sweat, the sea. ...

Earth's sweat, the sea.

Empedocles 19 quotes

The force that unites the ele...

The force that unites the elements to become all things is Love, also called Aphrodite; Love brings together dissimilar elements into a unity, to become a composite thing. Love is the same force that human beings find at work in themselves whenever they feel joy, love and peace. Strife, on the other hand, is the force responsible for the dissolution of the one back into its many, the four elements of which it was composed.

Empedocles 19 quotes

Iris from sea brings wind or ...

Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain.

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What is lawful is not binding...

What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky.

Empedocles 19 quotes

The nature of God is a circle...

The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.

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Happy is he who has gained th...

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

Empedocles 19 quotes

The nature of God is a circle ...

The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.

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What is right may properly be ...

What is right may properly be uttered even twice.

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[On the volcano.] And many a f...

[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.

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Having glimpsed a small part o...

Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.

Empedocles 19 quotes

Various accounts of Empedocle'...

Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to throw himself into the crater of Mount Etna so that he might vanish from the world completely and thus lead men to believe he had achieved apotheosis. Unfortunately the volcano defeated his design by throwing out one of the philosopher's sandals.

Empedocles 19 quotes

None of the gods has formed th...

None of the gods has formed the world, nor has any man, it has always been.

Empedocles 19 quotes

For before this I was born onc...

For before this I was born once a boy, and a maiden, and a plant, and a bird, and a darting fish in the sea.

Empedocles 19 quotes

Blessed is he who has acquired...

Blessed is he who has acquired a wealth of divine wisdom, but miserable he in whom there rests a dim opinion concerning the gods.

Empedocles 19 quotes

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