How do you use Empedocles in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like philosopher, plus the exact meaning.
Empedocles in a sentence
Empedocles meaning
- A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water.
- A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily.
Synonyms of Empedocles
Using Empedocles
- The main meaning on this page is: A Greek philosopher who held that all matter was composed of earth, air, fire and water. | A volcano off the southern coast of Sicily.
- Useful related words include: philosopher.
- In the example corpus, empedocles often appears in combinations such as: that empedocles, of empedocles, philosopher empedocles.
Context around Empedocles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Empedocles
- In this selection, "empedocles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, philosopher, poem, 1852, predicts, performed and attempted stand out and add context to how "empedocles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include elements of empedocles and 2 for empedocles all living. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "empedocles" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with empedocles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Empedocles noted the limitation and narrowness of human perceptions. (9 words)
Empedocles roots became the four classical elements of Greek philosophy. (10 words)
Empedocles proposed the elements to be earth, water, air and fire. (11 words)
In Matthew Arnold 's poem Empedocles on Etna, a narrative of the philosopher's last hours before he jumps to his death in the crater first published in 1852, Empedocles predicts: To the elements it came from Everything will return. (40 words)
Sicilian philosopher Empedocles (ca. 450 BC) proved (at least to his satisfaction) that air was a separate substance by observing that a bucket inverted in water did not become filled with water, a pocket of air remaining trapped inside. (39 words)
Princeton University Press. p. 3. Possibly, the first study about the power of language may be attributed to the philosopher Empedocles (d. ca. 444 BC), whose theories on human knowledge would provide a basis for many future rhetoricians. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Matthew Arnold 's poem Empedocles on Etna, a narrative of the philosopher's last hours before he jumps to his death in the crater first published in 1852, Empedocles predicts: To the elements it came from Everything will return.
He is a pre-Socratic philosopher who was influenced by thinkers such as Parmenides, Zeno of Elea, Empedocles, and Anaxagoras.
Aristotle, Physics, 213a24–7 There is however, no evidence that Empedocles performed any experiment with clepsydras.
B117 (Hippolytus, i. 3.2) For Empedocles, all living things were on the same spiritual plane; plants and animals are links in a chain where humans are a link too.
Empedocles attempted to explain the separation of elements, the formation of earth and sea, of Sun and Moon, of atmosphere.
Empedocles continued this tradition by helping to overthrow the succeeding oligarchic government.
Empedocles' death was mythologized by ancient writers, and has been the subject of a number of literary treatments.
Empedocles noted the limitation and narrowness of human perceptions.
Empedocles proposed the elements to be earth, water, air and fire.
Empedocles roots became the four classical elements of Greek philosophy.
Empedocles urged a vegetarian lifestyle, since the bodies of animals are the dwelling places of punished souls.
It is in the aggregation and segregation of elements thus arising, that Empedocles, like the atomists, found the real process which corresponds to what is popularly termed growth, increase or decrease.
It seems to have given a mythical account of the world which may, nevertheless, have been part of Empedocles' philosophical system.
Most fundamentally all substances are matter, a theme taken up by science, which postulated one or more matters, such as earth, air, fire or water ( Empedocles ).
Plato (427–347 BCE) took over the four elements of Empedocles.
Plato (427–347 BC) took over the four elements of Empedocles.
Princeton University Press. p. 3. Possibly, the first study about the power of language may be attributed to the philosopher Empedocles (d. ca. 444 BC), whose theories on human knowledge would provide a basis for many future rhetoricians.
Sicilian philosopher Empedocles (ca. 450 BC) proved (at least to his satisfaction) that air was a separate substance by observing that a bucket inverted in water did not become filled with water, a pocket of air remaining trapped inside.
Specifically, he quotes Sophocles and Empedocles: Universal law is the law of Nature.
Sulphur and potash have been mined locally since Minoan times until the 1970s, and were worldwide exported from the nearby harbour of Porto Empedocle (named after the philosopher Empedocles who lived in ancient Akragas).
Common combinations with empedocles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- that empedocles 3×
- of empedocles 3×
- philosopher empedocles 3×
- empedocles ca 2×