Sopravvivenza dell’anima e luoghi dell’aldilà nella filosofia greca tra VI e V secolo a.C.: Eraclito ed Empedocle

Greek conceptions of the afterlife in the fifth century BC are disparate and different. This contribution takes in account mainly Heraclitus’ and Empedocle’s conceptions, which are similar in some respect, but also profoundly different. Heraclitus, being skeptical about the soul-survival, is very critical towards both the traditional and the more recent representations of the afterlife, while Empedocles, who adheres to the doctrine of metempsychosis, very probably believed in the immortality of the individual soul, although many details of his conceptions of the afterlife are difficult to ascertain