← EmpedoclesFragmentsby EmpedoclesSurviving verses from the ancient naturalist philosopherFind on Amazon↗About the authorEmpedoclesGreek philosopher from Akragas who wrote in verse. His On Nature and Purifications are ambitious philosophical poems that attempt to explain the cosmos in terms of four roots.More by EmpedoclesOn NaturePre-Socratic poem on the nature of being and four fundamental elements→PurificationsSpiritual and philosophical poem on purification and cosmic cycles→