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Sunday, November 5, 2017

Empedocles Quiz Nov. 6

1. Where was Empedocles born? What is the name of the city he was born in now?

2. What are  He only two poems, written by Empedocles, that are left?

3. What does Love represent? What does Strife represent?

4. What statement did Empedocles make that serves as a principal in natural selection?

DQ’s

• Many philosophers have wondered whether Love and Strife were to be seen as mechanistic forces or as intellectual divinities. What do you think Empedocles would label these forces? What would you label them and why?

• Do you feel as if Empedocles’ theory for why things change was a strong claim for his time? Is it more fun to think of nature’s changes the way Empedocles does rather than the way modern science explains how change happens?

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