At one time through love all things come together into one, at another time through strife s hatred, they are borne each of them apart.

Having glimpsed a small part of life, men rise up and disappear as smoke, knowing only what each one has learned.

What is lawful is not binding only on some and not binding on others. Lawfulness extends everywhere, through the wide-ruling air and the boundless light of the sky.

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.

Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain.

Earth's sweat, the sea.

None of the gods has formed the world, nor has any man, it has always been.