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Empedocles: A Synopsis

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Empedocles was an unusual gure in his life as in his philosophy. We may, or may not, believe the story relayed by Diogenes Laertius (VIII 73), that he appeared in public dressed in royal purple, a Delphie crown on his owing locks and accompanied by a retinue of sen/ants. But we know, from his own words (fr. l 12, 7-12), that, as he passed from city to city, he was followed by >>men and women, in their tens of thousands, some of them desiring oracles, others anxious to hear the word that would cure them of their diseasesheavenly>young>in ageThe relation of Anaxagoras h C@nt11rybeing>name>beingis>homoiomerieswhat there is most of>most ofin everything there is a part of everythinghomoiomeries>homoiomerous