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Yale University Press, 1981. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0300024754
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Empedocles: The Extant Fragments Hardcover - 1981
by Empedocles (Editor); M. R. Wright (Editor)
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This book chronicles the life and writings of Empedocles philosophical activity between the defeat of the Fabii at Cremera and the establishment of the Decemvirate, including Diogenes account that when there were signs of tyranny in Acragas, Empedocles persuaded the people to put an end to their rivalries and to adopt a democratic form of government.
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- Title Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
- Author Empedocles (Editor); M. R. Wright (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Second Printing
- Pages 376
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
- Date 1981-09-10
- Features Concordance, Index
- ISBN 9780300024753 / 0300024754
- Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
- Dimensions 9.53 x 6.31 x 1.28 in (24.21 x 16.03 x 3.25 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Philosophy of nature - Early works to 1800
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 80017923
- Dewey Decimal Code 182.5
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Hardback. New. One of the most important Presocratic philosophers was the Sicilian Empedocles. He presented his work in the form of two hexameter poems, of which about 450 lines are extant, revealing a formidable range of interests, acute observation, and a firm grasp of fundamental issues in the study of man and nature.<br />Empedoclesâ theory of four elements was crucial to later developments in science and medicine. He showed how forces of attraction and repulsion acted on the elements within a framework of cyclical time and limited space, and initiated or advanced major discoveries in astronomy, biology, and physiology. More sophisticated concepts of divinity, personality, and mortality replaced traditional mythology, and these concepts were founded on the conviction that the individual has control over his own character and intellectual growth.<br />The introduction discusses Empedoclesâ life and interests,…
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