Babylonians
In the Enûma Eliš, a text from Babylonian mythology, written between the 18th and 16th centuries BC, four cosmic elements are described: the sea, earth, sky, and wind.
Greek
Later the Sicilian philosopher Empedocles (ca. 450 BC) called these the four "roots".
Plato seems to have been the first to use the term "element (stoicheion)" in reference to air, fire, earth, and water. A fifth element was introduced by the Greek: called aether
there is no such thing as the four elements that make up the world... this was believed in ancient times... these four elements were wind, fire, earth and water but now since we hav e developed and now have a greater undertanding of the world we live in we have discovered that there are alot of "real" elements that make up the world
Cheese
Aristotle suggested that on the Earth we find four elements, which are earth, water, air, and fire; he also thought that the unchanging stars and planets in the sky must be made of a fifth element which he called quintessence. Although this is a very primitive view of the composition of matter, it does have a certain logic. The four elements of Aristotle correspond to four phases of matter, which are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. In that sense, Aristotle was remarkably accurate. The quintessence however does not really fit. The glowing stars, like glowing fires, are a form of plasma, not a novel phase of matter. Other phases do exist, including degenerate matter, Bose-Einstein condensates, superfluid matter, etc., but these can only be found through advanced studies of physics. Aristotle would have had no way to learn about them, in a pre-scientific age.
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Yes. Atoms are made of matter and elements are made of atoms.
Aristotle thought matter was made up of combinations of four basic elements, earth, water, air and fire.
Aristotle believed that matter is made up of four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. He thought that each element had different qualities and properties, and that all matter was a combination of these elements in varying proportions.
Aristotle and other philosophers believed that matter was made up of four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. They thought that these elements combined in different proportions to create all substances in the world. This theory dominated scientific thought for centuries.
It was thought that the four basic elements were earth, air, water, and fire.
there is no such thing as the four elements that make up the world... this was believed in ancient times... these four elements were wind, fire, earth and water but now since we hav e developed and now have a greater undertanding of the world we live in we have discovered that there are alot of "real" elements that make up the world
Aristotle
Greek philosophers believed that matter was made of fundamental elements, such as earth, air, fire, and water. They thought that all substances were composed of varying combinations of these elements.
They are related because atoms are made of matter,elements are made of atoms,and matter is made up of elements.
Cheese
There are 118 currently known elements though not all are naturally occurring. When you say 4 elements you might mean earth, wind, water and fire which ancient scientist thought made up all matter.
John Dalton thought that matter was made of particles.
Early Greeks such as Aristotle believed that all matter was made of four elements: earth, air, fire, and water. They believed that these elements combined in different proportions to create all substances. This theory influenced early chemistry and philosophy.