Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle: A Reconstruction from the Fragments and Secondary Sources by Denis O'Brien

Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle: A Reconstruction from the Fragments and Secondary Sources

Cambridge Classical Studies

Denis O'Brien

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nonfiction classics history philosophy challenging medium-paced
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The cosmic cycle described in the surviving fragments of Empedocles' poem is the alternation, in endless succession, of Love and Strife. Love is the cause of happiness and unity; Strife the cause of separation and misery. These forces rule in turn...

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