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Aristotle and The Elements
As a scientist Aristotle believed that the world is a product of rational design
He doesn’t make statements based on observation he makes statements based on deliberate research
Aristotle believed all the elements were made of a prime matter but never truly defined that prime matter
Aristotle was expanding on the views of the Sicilian philosopher Empedocles who was a student of Socrates,he invented four-element theory (earth, air, fire, water)
Around the 4th century BC Aristotle took this theory and expanded it, he found the these elements were the building blocks of all substances (alchemy)
Different materials were made of several elements-several combinations of elements
Has a circular motion
All the other elements lied in the sublunary plane and
aether lied the heavenly plane
Believed this is what made the planets and starts
move in a circular motion
Also quintessence is used to describe essence as
the fifth element quince meaning five
Aether (The 5th Element)
Earth and Water
Aristotle and The Elements
- Earth has a dry cold nature
- Water has cold wet nature
- Earth and water both have an downward nature where they find their home
Aristotle believed that all elements have a home and this home lies on the sublunary plane, also believed that any elements could become another element (the premise of alchemy)
Fire and Air
- Fire has a hot dry nature
- Air has a hot wet nature
- Air and fire both have upward movement and they both find their home in the sky
Aristotle's Life
- Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, Chalcidie about 34 miles east of modern day Thessaloniki
- Around the age of 18 Aristotle moved to Athens to continues his education at Plato’s Academy and remained there until the age of 37 leaving Athens in 347 BC
- Plato developed the idea that each atom of the elements had a different shape
Aristotle's writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy.