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New Writings by Empedocles Discovered

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New Writings by Empedocles Discovered
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The ideas of 5th Century BCE philosopher Empedocles have reached us mostly* through paraphrases or fragmentary quotes of his work by later authors, but a new set of his own writings have now been found.
A part of the recently discovered papyrus containing verses believed to be by Empedocles
Last month, researchers announced they had discovered an ancient papyrus containing thirty previously unknown verses reportedly “written in Empedocles’ own words”.
Papyrologist Nathan Carlig (Univ

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