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Empedocles

noun

Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC).

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... highly interesting, impersonal, scientific account of what happened after my flight. Her testimony was all the more valuable in that she was, as she said, only 'psychologically interested.' She reminded me that Empedocles is said to have recalled a young woman from death by the same means, i.e., the insistent repetition of her name; which proved to Miss Ransome that the poor old ancients had 'anticipated, though ...

— A Woman Named Smith • Marie Conway Oemler

... Diana's sandals, and with Fanny Elssler's shoe, which bore testimony to the muscular character of her illustrious foot. On the same shelf were Thomas the Rhymer's green velvet shoes, and the brazen shoe of Empedocles which was thrown out of Mount AEtna. Anacreon's drinking-cup was placed in apt juxtaposition with one of Tom Moore's wine-glasses and Circe's magic bowl. These were symbols of luxury and riot; but near them stood ...

— A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") • Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words linked to "Empedocles" : philosopher