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Elementary: Empedocles and the Secret History of the Elements

Jan 23, 2018
30:10
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
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2
The Origins of Pythagoreanism
02:42 • 2min
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3
The Purifications of Empedocles
05:08 • 3min
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The Wandering Teacher of Wisdom
08:01 • 2min
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Empedocles: A Living, Breathing God
09:38 • 2min
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Empedocles' Philosophy of the Universe
11:41 • 3min
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Pythagoras' Criticism of Sacrifice
14:37 • 3min
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Empedocles on the Soul
17:41 • 2min
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The Four Roots of the Human Being
19:26 • 2min
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The Diamond Ace
21:03 • 3min
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The Secret History of Empediclies
23:59 • 3min
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The Big Bang Theory and the Evolution of Life
26:29 • 4min
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Empedocles: the last great poetic philosopher of antiquity, and a cosmic thinker of mind-blowing ambition. This episode looks at his influential theory of the four elements – earth, air, fire, and water – but magic, reincarnation, exiled gods, and cosmic catastrophe come into the discussion as well.
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