“Nothing of the All is either empty or superfluous.”

—  Empedocles , book On Nature

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On Nature

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οὐδέ τι τοῦ παντὸς κενεὸν πέλει οὐδὲ περισσόν.

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ancient Greek philosopher -490–-430 BC

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