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What does Empedocles mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water
  2. A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily
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The notion of a previous state of existence is found in the verses of Empedocles and in the fragments of Heracleitus.
He wondered if it really was Thales so much as Empedocles or Ctesias.
Surely it is not in Empedocles on Etna, and surely it is not in Merope.
In 1852, Arnold published his second volume of poems, Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems.
To his left Pythagoras is writing on his knee, and near him, with ink and pen, is Empedocles.
The town is also famous as the birthplace of the philosopher Empedocles.

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