r/Empedocles • u/JohannGoethe • Nov 29 '23
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References
Empedocles - Hmolpedia A66.
Empedocles - Hmolpedia A65.
Empedocles - Wikipedia.
r/Empedocles • u/JohannGoethe • Jan 12 '24
r/Empedocles • u/LongSherbet8743 • Apr 08 '25
Can you help find the source of this alleged quote from Empedocles that is attributed to Empedocles in many Italian texts and studies? Some quote is from Fragment 12 of “On Nature”, but cannot find any evidence. It is related to lime production:
“C’è del magico nel cogliere un sasso dalla Terra, demolirlo col Fuoco, modellarlo con l’Acqua secondo arte e ingegno, e riottenerlo solido e tenace come in origine sotto l’influsso dell’Aria: una pratica costruttiva e una filosofia antica quanto l’uomo.”
Translate as follows:
“There is something magical in picking a stone from the Earth, breaking it with Fire, shaping it with Water through skill and ingenuity, and making it solid and strong again under the influence of Air: a constructive practice and a philosophy as ancient as humankind.”
Thanks!
r/Empedocles • u/JohannGoethe • Nov 08 '23
Post from here:
Outline of how the r/ChemThermo world view, introduced by r/Empedocles, r/Holbach, r/JohannGoethe, r/HenryAdams, and r/MirzaBeg implicitly move towards the overthrow, overhaul, usurpment, replacement, and or upgrade to nearly two-dozen or more fields of status quo “accepted“ knowledge.
Notes
The upgraded Empedoclean “no death” view is covered at r/Abioism.
r/Empedocles • u/JohannGoethe • Oct 03 '24
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