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Empedocles on Etna
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Empedocles on Etna, a dramatic poem by M.
Arnold, published anonymously 1852.
Arnold portrays the philosopher
Empedocles, who committed suicide by throwing himself into the crater of Etna, on the verge of his last act. Empedocles expresses his intellectual doubts, dismissing the reassuring platitudes of religion and philosophy; man's yearning for joy, calm, and enlightenment is in itself no proof that these things exist or can be attained. He grieves over his own ‘dwindling faculty of joy’, and finally, in a kind of triumph, concluding that at least he has been ever honest in his doubts, hurls himself to his death.
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Empedocles Arabus: Une lecture neoplatonicenne tardive. (Reviews of Books).
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Empedocles Arabus: Une lecture neoplatonicenne...the story about the Arabic Pseudo-Empedocles" by challenging older theories...being an imaginary figure, the turbaned Empedocles preserves ... ties with Late Antiquity...
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A matter of ellipsis: love, strife, and the pressure for specialty in Matthew Arnold's "Empedocles on Etna".
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 12/22/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...definitive article on Matthew Arnold's "Empedocles on Etna," Walter Houghton claims that "No one can read [Empedocles'] existing Fragments, or what is...claims that the actual writings of Empedocles provided Arnold with minor inspirational...
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The Poetry of Bertolt Brecht. (Reviews).(Empedocles' Shoe: Essays on Brecht's Poetry)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Empedocles' Shoe: Essays on Brecht's Poetry...story. The story is of the death of Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher who...various emphases, some dismissive of Empedocles' bid for mysterious immortality, others...
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Empedocles Redivivus; poetry and analogy in Lucretius.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2008; 443 words
; 0415988497 Empedocles Redivivus; poetry and analogy in Lucretius. Garani, Myrto. Routledge...Lucretius (95-55 BC) applauds discoveries by Greek philosopher Empedocles (490-430) in order to highlight his epistemological methods of...
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Empedocles' Shoe: Essays on Brecht's Poetry.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Empedocles' Shoe: Essays on Brecht's Poetry. Ed. by TOM KUHN and KAREN LEEDER. London: Methuen. 2002. 20 [euro]. ISBN 0-413...
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Must be humble in front of him The cosmogenic theory has its origin in the Greek philosopher Empedocles.
Newspaper article from: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph; 8/8/2007; 394 words
; The cosmogenic theory has its origin in the Greek philosopher Empedocles. It is the theory which states all matter is made up of the four elements of earth, air, fire and water. We can surely add...
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Philia and neikos in Keats's "Song of four faeries"/philia en neikos in Keats se "Song of four faeries".(John Keats)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...faeries about union and separation. Using Empedocles' four-element theory of creation...natural processes. It concludes that both Empedocles' concepts "philia" (the creative...evident in its content. Key concepts: Empedocles four-element theory Greek natural...
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Three Members of Nanosys Named as World's Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review.
PR Newswire; 9/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...two of its employees, Dr. Stephen Empedocles and Dr. Xiangfeng Duan, and one member...remarkable accomplishment." Drs. Empedocles, Duan, and Yang are recognized for...curiosity, talent and determination, Drs. Empedocles, Duan, and Yang have created innovative...
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Arnold's arrhythmia.(English poet Matthew Arnold)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...1) I shall tell a double tale. --Empedocles (2) In 1852, writing under the pseudonym...of "A.," Matthew Arnold published Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, his second...omitting his earlier title piece. "Empedocles on Etna" was not the only poem that...
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Pluralism and the Canadian mosaic.
Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder; 1/1/1998; 700+ words
; Let's take a peek into the world of Empedocles. Who? Empedocles was a Greek philosopher, poet, and statesman. He...notion came to be called pluralism. (Incidentally, Empedocles also came up with a theory of evolution about 2...
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Empedocles of Acragas, (CA. 492 B.C.-CA. 432 B.C.)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Empedocles of Acragas, (ca. 492 b.c.-ca...poet, politician, and visionary, Empedocles of Acragas developed radical new ideas...460 – c. 370 b.c.). Empedocles was born in Acragas, Sicily. His father...
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Empedocles of Acragas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Empedocles of Acragas ( b . Acragas [now Agrigento...the four-element theory of matter, Empedocles was the author of two hexameter poems...is noteworthy, nevertheless, that Empedocles is often mentioned as a physician by...
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Empedocles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Empedocles The Greek philosopher, poet, and scientist Empedocles (ca. 493-ca. 444 B.C.) propounded a pluralist...separated under the compulsion of love and strife. Empedocles was born of a noble family in the Sicilian city of...
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Empedocles on Etna
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Empedocles on Etna, a dramatic poem by M. Arnold...1852. Arnold portrays the philosopher Empedocles , who committed suicide by throwing...Etna, on the verge of his last act. Empedocles expresses his intellectual doubts...
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Diocles of Carystus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...views on embryology Diocles followed Empedocles. In generation both the man and the...and spinal marrow. In agreement with Empedocles, he felt that the full development...dissected such animals. Again following Empedocles, he asserted that menstruation occurred...
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