num_pages: 376
description: This book chronicles the life and writings of Empedocles philosophical activity between the defeat of the Fabii at Cremera and the establishment of the Decemvirate, including Diogenes account that when there were signs of tyranny in Acragas, Empedocles persuaded the people to put an end to their rivalries and to adopt a democratic form of government.
language: English
title: Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
titlecomplete: Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
genres: Philosophy, Greece, Classics, Poetry
ratings_count: 59
publisher: Yale University Press