Empedocles' Cosmic Cycle: A Reconstruction from the Fragments and Secondary Sources (Cambridge Classical Studies)

By Denis O'Brien

Book Overview

The cosmic cycle described in the surviving fragments of Empedocles' poem is the alternation, in endless succession, of Love and Strife. Love is the cause of happiness and unity; Strife the cause of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521058554
• ISBN13: 9780521058551
• Release Date: April 1969
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.