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Empedocles without Horseshoes. Delphi’s Criticism of Large Sacrifices
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David Hernández Castro ABSTRACT: Scholars have generally analysed Empedocles’ criticism of sacrifices through a Pythagorean interpretation context. However, Empedocles’ doctrinal affiliation with this school is problematic and also not needed to explain his rejection of the ‘unspeakable slaughter of bulls.’ His position is consistent with the wisdom tradition that emanated from the Sanctuary of Apollo …Links
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Lore and science in ancient Pythagoreanism.Walter Burkert - 1972 - Cambridge, Mass.,: Harvard University Press.
A History of Greek Philosophy: Vol. V. The Later Plato and the Academy.W. K. C. Guthrie - 1980 - Mind 89 (354):282-284.
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