person
Empedocles of Acragas
Empedocles
also: Empedocles
Pre-Socratic philosopher (c. 494-434 BC) of the four roots (elements) and the forces of Love and Strife. Cicero (De Fato 39) groups him with Democritus, Heraclitus, and Aristotle among those who made fate carry the force of necessity.