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“The presocratic Empedocles of Akragas was, among other things, the first to suggest that it takes time for light to travel. He held that light takes time to travel from one place to another - but that we cannot perceive its motion. He knew that the moon shines by light reflected from the sun and was also aware of the cause of solar eclipses. He also concluded that matter could neither be created nor destroyed, and developed an early theory of evolution concluding that form followed function and that the most fit survived.”
“He was also a cult leader, a mystic who practiced magic, and an eccentric who believed himself divine, committing ritual suicide by jumping into an active volcano, proclaiming he’d rise from the ashes as a living god. He did not.”
“Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements, and influencing Aristotle who came after.”
Quick? Afraid not.
“The presocratic Empedocles of Akragas was, among other things, the first to suggest that it takes time for light to travel. He held that light takes time to travel from one place to another - but that we cannot perceive its motion. He knew that the moon shines by light reflected from the sun and was also aware of the cause of solar eclipses. He also concluded that matter could neither be created nor destroyed, and developed an early theory of evolution concluding that form followed function and that the most fit survived.”
“He was also a cult leader, a mystic who practiced magic, and an eccentric who believed himself divine, committing ritual suicide by jumping into an active volcano, proclaiming he’d rise from the ashes as a living god. He did not.”
“Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements, and influencing Aristotle who came after.”
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