Different cultures have had different beliefs about this. In European culture, the ideas were largely inherited from the Greeks, who commonly believed the four elements were fire, earth, air, and water. There were other systems in use in Europe. A Chinese system that was comparable consisted of fire, wood, air, and water. Other systems with different numbers of elements also existed.
Aristotle believed that everything was made from the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth. He also believed that the elements could be transformed into one another.
There are 118 elements known to modern science. However in the past it was believed that there were "Classical Elements" comprising FireEarthWaterAirand that everything was made from a mixture of these. Of cause this is not true.
The Navaho called it the Anazisi. However it is believed these people are the modern Pueblo and Hopi.
Combined, twenty-four people died via execution or died while in prison. Two dogs were killed by townsfolk that believed they were witches' familiars.
The Four Freedoms speech was given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. It detailed the four freedoms that he believed people everywhere should have. They were freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
Aristotle believed that everything was made from the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth. He also believed that the elements could be transformed into one another.
There are 118 elements known to modern science. However in the past it was believed that there were "Classical Elements" comprising FireEarthWaterAirand that everything was made from a mixture of these. Of cause this is not true.
They used to think everything was made of a combination of the four elements; fire, earth, water, and air. Disease was believed to be caused by your elements getting out of wack.
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The ancient Greeks believed that there were four elements that everything was made up of: earth, water, air, and fire. This theory was suggested around 450 BC, and it was later supported and added to by Aristotle. (Aristotle also suggested that there was a fifth element, aether, because it seemed strange that the stars would be made out of earthly elements.The ancient Greeks believed that there were four elements that everything was made up of: earth, water, air, and fire. This theory was suggested around 450 BC, and it was later supported and added to by Aristotle.
They believed in an ordered universe in which everything could be ranked in order of superiority.
All things in the known universe (excluding antimatter) are in fact made of 118 elements. However in history it was believed that earth, wind, water and fire were the building blocks of everything.
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The ancient Greek philosophers believed in four basic elements: earth, water, air, and fire. They believed that everything in the physical world was made up of varying combinations of these elements.
Most medieval alchemists believed there were four elements: fire, earth, air, and water. Their idea of elements was a bit different from that of modern chemists. They knew about some chemical elements, including gold, silver, copper, iron, mercury, and sulphur, but they did not know they were elements. They discovered some elements, including bismuth, antimony, and arsenic, but they did not know they were elements either. All of these elements, and everything else in nature, they believed, was made up of varying combinations of fire, earth, air, and water.
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