Path: typhoon.sonic.net!pushkin.conxion.com!news.he.net!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "John B" Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.magick.tantra Subject: Re: five elements- Greek and Vedanta...? Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 08:28:19 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <8fvikv$7l9@bolt.sonic.net> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:23090 alt.magick:193042 alt.magick.tantra:15961 nagasiva yronwode wrote in message <8fvikv$7l9@bolt.sonic.net>... >50000517 IVom > >"John B" : >>Aristotle's (ca. 384- 347 BCE) addition of the fifth element .... > >you sure about that? my recall is that Aristotle merely restated the >ancient 4-element model inclusive of the inter-relationships between >these elements (dry, warm, etc.). No, I'm not 100% sure on it. I was basing this assertion on the material I found at http://www.friesian.com/elements.htm "Aristotle added a fifth element, aithêr (aether in Latin, "ether" in English). Our word "quintessence" comes from a Latin expression for this--the "fifth essence." Aristotle thought that the heavens were made of this element. But he had no interest in matching it with Plato's fifth solid, even though it didn't fit in with his scheme of opposites for the other four. " I am relying on this person's Ph.D in philosophy to keep me out of trouble. JB > >nagasiva >-- >mailto:nagasiva@luckymojo.com ; http://www.luckymojo.com/nagasiva.html >mailto:boboroshi@satanservice.org ; http://www.satanservice.org/ >emailed replies may be posted; cc replies if response desired