Classical element
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classical-element-173-1725543
title:
Classical element
text:
The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Ancient cultures in Greece, Angola, Tibet, India, and Mali had similar lists which sometimes referred, in local languages, to "air" as "wind", and to "aether" as "space". These different cultures and even individual philosophers had widely varying explanations concerning their attributes and how they related t
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Earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element
date created:
2001-09-22T23:17:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T04:17:28Z
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