Which of the Following Statements Is True About Empedocles

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about Empedocles?

• A) He simply assumed some very basic principles and attempted to deduce from these what he thought must be the true nature of being.
• B) He thought that true reality is permanent and unchangeable, yet he also thought it absurd to dismiss the change one experiences as mere illusion.
• C) He wished to call attention to what he thought was the essential feature of reality; namely, that it is ceaselessly changing.
• D) He taught that each thing contains its opposite, just as, for example, people are simultaneously young and old and coming into and going out of existence.

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