When they have been mixed in the form of a man and come to the air, or in the form of the race of wild animals, or of plants, or of birds, then people say that this is 'to be born', and, when they separate, they call this again 'ill-fated death'; these terms are not right, but I follow the custom and use them myself.


Fragments, On Nature. Translated by M. R. Wright

Empedocles Quotes

When they have been mixed in the form of a man and come to the air, or in the form of the race of wild animals, or of plants, or of birds, then...

When they have been mixed in the form of a man and come to the air, or in the form of the race of wild animals, or of plants, or of birds, then...

When they have been mixed in the form of a man and come to the air, or in the form of the race of wild animals, or of plants, or of birds, then...

When they have been mixed in the form of a man and come to the air, or in the form of the race of wild animals, or of plants, or of birds, then...