# Empedocles — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [February 18, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/empedocles-whe-definition-discussion/16489 "2022-02-18T06:30:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/empedocles-whe-definition-discussion/16489/1 "2022-02-18T06:30:19Z")

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Empedocles (l. c. 484-424 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and mystic whose work harmonized the philosophies of Parmenides (l. c. 485 BCE), Heraclitus (l. c. 500 BCE), and Pythagoras (l. c. 571 to c. 497 BCE) in presenting a unified vision of unchanging reality in which change was possible. He is the first to synthesize the Pre-Socratic philosophical systems.

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/empedocles-whe-definition-discussion/16489/2 "2026-07-30T19:52:23Z")

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