classical element, n.Definitions

The Classical element (n.) die ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠into one another: earth becomes water, water air, air fire, and round again to the beginning.

The Classical element (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠do the world's work, water, earth and air, are no more the causes of life than the ways of death.

Classical element (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠called the letters of the universe by people who do not know what fire, water, air and earth are; they do not even deserve to be compared to syllables.

Classical element (n.) sit ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in one long proportion — as fire is to air, air is to water, and as air is to water, water is to earth — so the body of the world is a symphony of proportion.