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{{Infobox Philosopher
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| region           = Western Philosophy
| era              = [[Pre-Socratic philosophy]]
| color            = #B0C4DE

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| image_name       = Empedokles.jpeg
| image_caption    = Engraving of Empedocles 
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| name             = Empedocles (Έμπεδοκλής)
| birth            = [[490 BC]]
| death            = [[430 BC]]
| school_tradition = [[Pluralist School]]
| main_interests   = [[cosmogenesis]] and [[ontology]]
| influences       = 
| influenced       = [[Gorgias]] of Leontini
| notable_ideas    = All [[matter]] is made up of four elements: [[water (classical element)|water]], [[earth (classical element)|earth]], [[air (classical element)|air]] and [[fire (classical element)|fire]].
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'''Empedocles''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: {{Polytonic|Ἐμπεδοκλῆς}}, ca. [[490 BC|490]]–[[430 BC]]) was a [[Hellenic civilization|Greek]] [[pre-Socratic]] [[philosopher]] and a citizen of [[Agrigentum]], a Greek colony in [[Sicily]]. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for being the origin of the [[cosmogenesis|cosmogenic]] theory of the four [[classical elements]]. Much of Empedocles' work still survives today, more so than in the case of any other Presocratic. Empedocles' death was well recorded by his contemporaries, and has been the subject of both legend and a number of literary treatments.