The Presocratics: Empedocles

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He believed that the universe was a combination of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. The world is ruled by positive and negative forces, and it's up to us if we want to reach the afterlife. This is the story of Empedocles.

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Anaximander: https://rumble.com/v1gsppb-the-presocratics-anaximander.html
Anaximenes: https://rumble.com/v1gsqol-the-presocratics-anaximenes.html
Xenophanes: https://rumble.com/v1gsr8l-the-presocratics-xenophanes.html
Heraclitus: https://rumble.com/v1gst93-the-presocratics-heraclitus.html
Pythagoras: https://rumble.com/v1gsugl-the-presocratics-pythagoras.html
Parmenides: https://rumble.com/v1gsvkl-the-presocratics-parmenides.html
Zeno of Elea: https://rumble.com/v1ydoqc-the-presocratics-zeno-of-elea.html
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Leucippus and Democritus: https://rumble.com/v4ifd2u-the-presocratics-leucippus-and-democritus.html
Diogenes of Apollonia: https://rumble.com/v4jqfph-the-presocratics-diogenes-of-apollonia.html

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Resources:

The Presocratic Philosophers - Kirk & Raven: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780521274555/

Parmenides and Empedocles: The Fragments in Verse Translation - Stanley Lombardo: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780912516660/

A Presocratics Reader: Selected Fragments and Testimonia - Richard D. Mckirahan: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781603843058/

The Poem of Empedocles A Text and Translation - Brad Inwood: Paperback: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780802083531/