Empedoklovo sveobuhvatno znanje i ograničenost ljudskog razumevanja
Empedocles' all-encompassing knowledge and limitations of human understanding

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the way in which Empedocles points to the limits of human knowledge in order to eleviate his own all-encompassing philosophical insight. Based on the analysis of the pertinent fragments, the author investigates Empedocles’ criticism of the common human views of birth, life and death, and of the nature in general, and compares it with the philosopher’s divinely inspired explanations of the same phenomena. Empedocles communicates his universal knowledge to a dedicated and intelligent individual, who is addressed by the philosopher in a way that clearly separates him from the confused and erring majority, which may be recognised as the plural addressee of several extant fragments.

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