This man explained that he was a vegetarian because animals contain transmigrated human souls in his poetic work (*) Purifications.
Lost poems by this man were published in a 2001 book by Brad Inwood. In a poem, this man makes a request before the "sophist-brood" after exclaiming to himself "Thou art come too late / And the world hath the day, and must break thee." The lines "Is it so small a thing / to have enjoyed the sun / To have lived light in the spring / to have loved, to have thought, to have done" are excerpted in a poem titled "From the Hymn of" [this man]. This man explained that he was a vegetarian because animals contain transmigrated human souls in his poetic work (*) Purifications. His self-identification as a god is depicted in a fragmentary poetic drama by Friedrich Holderlin. A speaker also found in Plato's "Gorgias," Callicles, is depicted as a harpist narrating the death of this person in a dramatic poem which draws on the work of Diogenes Laertius, depicting his early life in Agrigentum. For 10 points, name this philosopher who, in a poem by Matthew Arnold, dies on Etna.
Lost poems by this man were published in a 2001 book by Brad Inwood.
Empedocles [accept Empedocles on Etna]