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Noun Concept
Categories: Indian philosophy, Hindu cosmology, Natural philosophy, History of astrology, Taoist cosmology
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element  four elements  classical element  Greek element  4 Elements
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One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe WordNet 3.0
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One of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances. Wikipedia
The concept in ancient Greece of earth, water, air or fire Wikipedia Disambiguation
Group of four elements into which according to ancient notions any object may be analyzed Wikidata
One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air. Wiktionary
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The alchemists believed that there were four elements WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
substance
theory
HAS KIND
air
earth
quintessence
fire
water
HAS INSTANCE
air
earth
quintessence
fire
water
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
DIFFERENT FROM
Żywioły
FOLLOWED BY
four temperaments
HAS PARTS OF THE CLASS
classical element
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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element
Wikipedia
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classical element
Wikidata
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four elements
Wiktionary
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element
Wikipedia Redirections
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4 Elements, Alchemical elements, Aristotelian element, classic element, Classic elements, Classical Element, classical elements, Earth, air, fire, and water, Empedoclean element, Empedoclean elements, Essential element theories, four classical elements, four element, four element theory, four elements, Greek Element, Greek element, Greek elements, Greek four elements, Pancha mahabhuta, panchamahabhuta, Primary elements, Stoicheion, the four elements, The Four Entities, The World elements, Traditional element, Traditional elements, Water, earth, fire and air
Wikidata Alias
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classical elements, four elements (Philosophy)

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