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Empedocles - Coggle Diagram
Empedocles
Biography
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poet, medical doctor, preacher, mystic, magician, and a political leader as well as a philosopher.
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received an excellent education in philosophy, mathematics, and science.
World explanation
Four eternal elements—earth, air, fire, and water
Love and Strife
Love unites the elements, creating harmony and life
Strife divides them, causing chaos and death
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Interesting facts
Threw himself into the volcano Mount Etna, on the island of Sicily
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The idea that light takes time to travel from one place to another. He knew that the moon shines by light reflected from the sun and was also aware of the cause of solar eclipses.
He was a follower of Pythagoras, hence a believer in the transmigration of souls, and hence also a vegetarian
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