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The Death of Empedocles (German: Der Tod des Empedokles) is an unfinished drama by Friedrich Hölderlin. It exists in three versions written from 1797 to 1800, the first of which is the most complete.
Born: c. 490 bc, Acragas, Sicily. Died: 430, the Peloponnese, Greece. Subjects Of Study: cosmology. element. reincarnation. strife. Empedocles (born c. 490 bc, Acragas, Sicily—died 430, the Peloponnese, Greece) was a Greek philosopher, statesman, poet, religious teacher, and physiologist.
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26 de sept. de 2019 · Reports on his death are confused. We can be sure that he did not make the fiery leap into Aetna, as was widely held in antiquity (Chitwood 1986). It is possible, but that is all, that he died in the Peloponnese (A 1 = P 29.71b–72).
His death in particular attracted attention and is reported to have occurred in several, clearly bathetic, ways: that he fell overboard from a ship and drowned; that he fell from his carriage, broke his leg and died; that he hanged himself; or the most famous account that, when he felt he was shortly to die and because he wished to appear to hav...
Death and legacy. The Death of Empedocles by Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), depicting the legendary alleged suicide of Empedocles jumping into Mount Etna in Sicily. According to Aristotle, Empedocles died at the age of 60 ( c. 430 BC ), even though other writers have him living up to the age of 109.
- c. 434 BC
6 de jul. de 2008 · The Death of Empedocles: A Mourning-Play. Friedrich Holderlin. State University of New York Press, Jul 6, 2008 - Drama - 328 pages. On the eve of his final odes and hymns, Friedrich...
Considerado como enemigo del estado sacerdotal, el filósofo Empédocles estaría sumido en la oscuridad, sufriendo los tormentos de la soledad y la duda. Sin embargo, es capaz de hallar una fuerza renovada a través de la voluntad del pueblo e incluso, de alcanzar la inmortalidad.
