Researchers Discover Long-Lost Words of Ancient Greek Philosopher After 2,000 Years

Newly discovered verses of Empedocles provide original insight into his philosophy and influence on later thinkers, reshaping understanding of early Greek thought. A two-thousand-year-old papyrus fragment uncovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo contains thirty previously unknown verses by Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher from the 5th century BCE. Empedocles, [...]