The Ancient Philosopher Empedocles: Why He Jumped Into A Volcano

Who was the philosopher Empedocles? This video is about the philosopher Empedocles. Empedocles was a legendary presocratic philosopher. Empedocles conceived of a wide array of philosophical and scientific theories, but he wasn't a mere philosopher. Empedocles was a wind-catcher, a miracle worker, a man of science, a doctor, a philosopher, a religious figure, a politician, and a god. His philosophy can be thought of as a response to Parmenides. Empedocles' love and strife theory was about how change is caused by the battle between love and strife mixing the four fundamental unchanging roots or elements to create all that is.
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0:00 Intro
0:28 Who Was Empedocles
4:07 Empedocle's Philosophy
5:01 Empedocle's Religion
6:27 Empedocles Politics
8:08 Empedocles Death

Sources:
"A History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell
"Lives of the Eminent Philosophers" by Diogenes Laertius
"Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic" by Peter Kingsley

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