Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle: A Reconstruction from the Fragments and Secondary Sources
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The cosmic cycle described in the surviving fragments of Empedocles' poem is the alternation, in endless succession, of Love and Strife. Love is the cause of happiness and unity; Strife the cause of separation and misery. These forces rule in turn as they cause the One and the Many. Love makes the elements into a blissful whole, the Sphere; Strife breaks into the Sphere and causes movement and division - the condition of the world, according to Empedocles,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521100372
ISBN13:9780521100373
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:476 Pages
Weight:1.32 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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