Empédocles Quotes

“When brother fled from brother, when lovers passed
Each other by in ignorance, when fathers failed
To recognize their sons, when human words no more Were understood, nor human laws, that was when
The meaning of it all assailed me and I trembled:
It was my nation’s parting god!”
― Friedrich Hölderlin, Der Tod des Empedokles

“es sei nicht immer Tag und auch nicht Nacht.”
― Friedrich Hölderlin, Empédocles