“Various accounts of Empedocle's death are given in ancient sources. His enemies said that his desire to be thought a god led him to throw himself into the crater of Mount Etna so that he might vanish from the world completely and thus lead men to believe he had achieved apotheosis. Unfortunately the volcano defeated his design by throwing out one of the philosopher's sandals.”
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Empedocles (490 BC - 430 BC) was an influential ancient Greek philosopher and natural philosopher, often considered one of the pioneers of atomism. His philosophical ideas had a profound impact on later scientific and philosophical developments, particularly his theories on the origin and composition of the universe. more
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