Empedocles thought there were two opposing and equal forces, love (φιλότης) and strife (νεῖκος); in the presence of love only, or strife only, nothing could exist. These forces for union and for division, according to Empedocles, are present in the very stuff of all things, not just in their ultimate origin. And they are imaged as a circle, not a straight line. 1
This blog is about living within the grace of Love and Strife.
Matter With Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist**↩