I don't have a whole lot to relate about the philosophers I've been reading about. I'm really making this post just to beat the number of posts I made in the entirety of 2010 (4). This is the FIFTH post I've made in 2011. Whew - glad I'm over that hurdle!
So, here's what I've got:
Heraclitus: everything changes
Parmenides: nothing changes
Empedocles: "Great Empedocles, the ardent soul, leapt into Etna, and was roasted whole." There's also the trifle that he discovered air as a separate substance. Oh yeah, he hated beans, too (see Pythagoras). Maybe his discovery of air and hatred of beans was a result of bath farts. There's a hypothesis!
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