[591]. Theophr. Phys. Op. fr. 3 (Dox. p. 477); ap. Simpl. Phys. p. 25, 21 (R. P. 166 b).
[592]. Arist. Met. Α, 4. 985 a 21; Γ, 4. 1000 a 24; b 9 (R. P. 166 i).
[593]. Plato, Laws, x. 889 b. The reference is not to Empedokles exclusively, but the language shows that Plato is thinking mainly of him.
[594]. Arist. de Gen. Corr. Β, 6. 334 a 1; Phys. Θ, 1. 252 a 5 (R. P. 166 k).
[595]. Ibid. Α, 8. 324 b 34 (R. P. 166 h).
[596]. Arist. de Gen. Corr. 326 b 6.
[597]. This is the view of Zeller (pp. 785 sqq.), but he admits that the external testimony, especially that of Aristotle, is wholly in favour of the other. His difficulty is with the fragments, and if it can be shown that these can be interpreted in accordance with Aristotle’s statements, the question is settled. Aristotle was specially interested in Empedokles, and was not likely to misrepresent him on such a point.
[598]. Arist de Gen. Corr. Β, 6. 334 a 6: τὸν κόσμον ὁμοίως ἔχειν φησίν ἐπί τε τοῦ νείκους νῦν καὶ πρότερον ἐπὶ τῆς φιλίας.
[599]. Arist. de Caelo, Γ, 2. 301 a 14: ἐκ διεστώτων δὲ καὶ κινουμένων οὐκ εὔλογον ποιεῖν τὴν γένεσιν. διὸ καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς παραλείπει τὴν ἐπὶ τῆς φιλότητος· οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἠδύνατο συστῆσαι τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐκ κεχωρισμένων μὲν κατασκευάζων, σύγκρισιν δὲ ποιῶν διὰ τὴν φιλότητα· ἐκ διακεκριμένων γὰρ συνέστηκεν ὁ κόσμος τῶν στοιχείων (“our world consists of the elements in a state of separation”), ὥστ’ ἀναγκαῖον γενέσθαι ἐξ ἑνὸς καὶ συγκεκριμένου.
[600]. It need not mean that Empedokles said nothing about the world of Love at all; for he obviously says something of both worlds in fr. [17]. It is enough to suppose that, having described both in general terms, he went on to treat the world of Strife in detail.