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• Empedocles — M.R.Wright INTRODUCTION Empedocles was a native of Acragas (Agrigento) in Sicily, a Doric colony founded on the south coast of the island in the sixth century BC, which soon grew to rival Syracuse in its prosperity. A line of temples, many of… …   History of philosophy

• Empedocles — *cite book|last=Inwood|first=Brad|title=The Poem of Empedocles|year=2001|edition=rev. ed.|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|id=ISBN 0 8020 4820 X *cite book|last=Kingsley|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Kingsley… …   Wikipedia

• Sophists (The) — The sophists G. B. Kerferd In the fifth century BC the term sophistēs was used in Greece as a name to designate a particular profession, that of certain travelling teachers who went from city to city giving lectures and providing instruction in a …   History of philosophy

• Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity …   History of philosophy

• Empedocles of Acragas — (c. 490 bc–c. 430 bc) Greek philosopher Empedocles was a poet and a physician as well as a philosopher. Born at Acragas in Greece, he was probably a pupil of Parmenides. Much legend surrounds what is known of his life. Styling himself as a god,… …   Scientists

• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity — The Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity (Arabic: رسائل أخوان الصفا و خلان الوفا‎ Rasa il ikhwan as safa wa khillan al wafa; also variously known as the Epistles of the Brethren of Sincerity , Epistles of the Brethren of Purity and Epistles of… …   Wikipedia