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Empedoclean Four Elements

The Empedoclean Four Elements is a presocratic cosmological theory that posits the material world as composed of four immutable root substances—earth, water, air, and fire—uniquely integrated through the dynamic interaction of the opposing forces of love and strife.

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Ancient philosophy, mystery, and magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean tradition

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 190 citations

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Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom

Kirk M. Summers, David Sedley · The Classical World · 2002 · 144 citations

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Empedocles: The Extant Fragments

George Leonidas Koniaris, Margaret Robson Wright · The American Journal of Philology · 1985 · 140 citations

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Symmetry in the Empedoclean Cycle

Daniel W. Graham · The Classical Quarterly · 1988 · 43 citations

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Looking for Empedocles in Latin Poetry: A Skeptical Approach

J. Paul Farrell · Dictynna · 2014 · 42 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PK
    Peter Kingsley

    Transnational Press London

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. HS
    Herbert S. Long

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  3. JM
    Jaap Mansfeld

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  4. KM
    Kirk M. Summers

    University of Alabama, United States

    1 publications · 144 citations

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  5. DW
    Daniel W. Graham

    Brigham Young University, United States

    1 publications · 43 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Hospital de l'Esperança

    Barcelona, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  2. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  3. Transnational Press London

    Sale, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  4. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    144 citations

  7. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

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  1. Phoenix

    2 publications · 35 citations

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  2. The Classical Quarterly

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. The Classical World

    2 publications · 169 citations

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  4. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 2 publications · 155 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 1 publications · 190 citations

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