单词 | Empedocles |
释义 | Empedocles (once / 13824 pages) n WORD FAMILY Empedocles: Empedocleses USAGE EXAMPLESEmpedocles argued that it could only be air. Carl Sagan, Cosmos(1980) For example, Aristotle believed Empedocles’s theory that everything was made out of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time: And Other...(1988) Pythagoras and Empedocles were quoted as the founders of this branch of ethics. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, History of European Morals From Aug...(2012) n Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC) Exp philosopher a specialist in philosophy |
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