Comparing Empedocles On Nature And Purifications

Empedocles was born the c. 490 BC and died the c 430 BC, in other words, he was alive 2500 years ago. Empedocles lived in Akragas, Sicily. This city had a very good economy, in which contributes why he came from a wealthy family.
Empedocles came from a wealthy family, his family kept racehorses, and his father participated in the Olympic games. He was well educated by the Pythagoreans, who taught him that numbers were the most import thing on earth. He had a very rare fashion sense, but he knew how to stand out. He always had kids around him, and because of his manners, the ones who knew Empedocles admired him. Empedocles threw himself into a volcano called Mount Etna. There were some theories about his death that said since he considered himself a god, he didn't want people to find his body, so he could truly prove he was immortal. Their views were accepted since people admired his thoughts and him himself, he got criticized by ancient atomists.

He, however, did not accept the view that the universe was an unchanging unity. Empedocles argued that everything in the universe was made out of four never-ending materials known as “elements” or “roots of all.” These elements were mainly earth, water, air, and fire he referred to them as gods. Empedocles stated that earth never changes qualitatively but that it remains