Empedocles

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date of birth:484BC date of death: 428BC country of origin: Greece · Born into higher class family with backgrounds in leadership · Pursued a life in nature and philosophy · Established the 4 elements that structure the world that are only alterable by love and strife (divine powers) · Believed they were spheres because of pure divinity of gods · Also began the first theory of light stating that light comes from our eyes so we can what the beams touch · Wrote many poems and essays on matters of nature which were basis for some findings in science