Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four—earth, water, air, and fire—which generate all the material substances in nature by mixing together in various ways under the influence of forces he called Love and Strife.


p. 287 - Before Galileo, The Birth of Modern Science in Medieval Europe (2012)

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Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four—earth, water, air, and fire—which...

Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four—earth, water, air, and fire—which...

Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four—earth, water, air, and fire—which...

Empedocles tried to address the problem of change by saying that there is not one fundamental arche but four—earth, water, air, and fire—which...