Empedocles

Empedocles (/ɛmˈpɛdəkliːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς; Empedoklēs; Auncient Greek: [empedoklɛ̂ːs]; c. 490 – 430 BC) wis a Greek pre-Socratic filosopher an a ceetizen o Agrigentum, a Greek ceety in Sicily.

Empedocles
Empedocles, 17t-century engravin
Born	490 BC Agrigentum, Sicily
Dee'd	430 BC (aged aroond 60) Munt Etna, Sicily
Era	Pre-Socratic filosofie
Region	Wastren Filosofie
Schuil	Pluralist Schuil
Main interests	Cosmogenesis an ontology
Notable ideas	Aw matter is made up o fower elements: watter, yird, air an fire The cosmic principles o Philotes ("Love") an Neikos ("Repulsion")
Influences Parmenides, Pythagoreanism
Influenced Gorgias o Leontini, Aristotle, Lucretius, Friedrich Nietzsche