Empedocles (philosopher)

Empedocles (c. 494 BCE - 430 BCE) was a Greek Sicilian philosopher and the originator of the four classical elements: air, earth, fire, and water; he also proposed the forces of love and strife that meld with the classical elements. 
He was one of the earliest followers of Fifthism, and in the year 430 BCE, wrote to multiple great men of the arts in Greece regarding his findings regarding several anomalous discoveries before throwing himself into Mount Etna.
==Relevant biography==
===Writings and death===
In 430 BCE, Empedocles wrote to many great men across Greece and the known world. He first wrote to the physician Hippocrates, informing of a possible fifth classical element of void, before giving him advice on how to find the fifth humor. His next letter was to the philosopher Socrates, telling him that he was one of five great men that walk the earth and that Socrates should their teachings, despite never living to meet them.
Empedocles next wrote to the playwright Euripides, telling him to not go too far into love or strife, as it would end the world. Anaxagoras, another great philosopher, was the receiver of Empedocles' next letter, telling him of Pythagoras' secrets and the possible fifth classical element of time, as well as believing the end of time will come soon.
He then wrote to his eromenos (young lover), Pausanias, thanking him for taking care of him in his old age and to not follow him to the temple of Alagadda in the north. Later in the year, Empedocles threw himself into the bowels of Mount Etna. A bronze sandal was spewed out of Mount Etna as the volcano smoked in the days afterward, this sandal being found by Pausanias.Empedocles (tale)
==External link==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empedocles
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===Appearances ===
*Empedocles
*Pt. 1 - Gagliarda Dell'Ambasciatore
==References==
Category:494 BCE births
Category:430 BCE deaths
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