Element

The four elements are regular polyhedra built from triangles, making matter itself a species of geometry.

The four elements are defined by paired qualities, and they transform into one another by exchanging them.

The true elements are atoms: indivisible, eternal, and varying only in shape, size, and arrangement.

The four elements are the simplest natural bodies, possessing substantial forms that ground their powers.

The traditional four elements are philosophical fictions; true forms must be discovered by methodical induction.

Matter is extension alone, and the three elements differ only in the size and motion of their parts.

All matter consists of solid, hard, impenetrable particles that combine through forces of attraction and repulsion.

We know the nominal essence of substances but not their real inner constitution; the true elements remain hidden from us.

An element is whatever cannot be further decomposed by chemical analysis; this operational definition replaces metaphysical speculation.