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Single Idea 461

[from 'fragments/reports' by Empedocles, in 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature ]

Full Idea

God is equal in all directions to himself and altogether eternal, a rounded Sphere enjoying a circular solitude.

Gist of Idea

God is a pure, solitary, and eternal sphere

Source

Empedocles (fragments/reports [c.453 BCE], B028), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 1.15.2

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.56