490 BC

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Events in 490 BC 3

490 BC – 430 BC Empedocles The Four Elements Proposed that the universe is made of four roots (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) moved by Love and Strife.
490 BC – 420 BC Protagoras The Sophist Famous for the dictum "Man is the measure of all things."
490 BC – 430 BC Zeno of Elea The Paradox Maker Known for his paradoxes (like Achilles and the Tortoise) to defend Parmenides' view of the unchanging One.

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