Practice question · Numerical answer
Empedocles needs forces as well as roots, because roots alone would never combine. How many fundamental principles does his system contain in total?
Hints
- Count the material principles and the forces together.
- Four roots plus two forces.
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6
Why
Six: earth, water, air and fire, plus Love and Strife. The forces are as fundamental as the roots, since without them the roots would never combine or separate and no change would occur.
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