The image shows four elements: earth, water, fire, and air.
The four elements: earth, water, fire and air are classic elements that have been used in various philosophical concepts.
According to Aristotle, each element represented one of the states of a single primary matter — a certain combination of basic qualities: heat, cold, humidity and dryness:
Heat + dryness = Fire. Heat + humidity = The air. Cold + humidity = Water. Cold + dryness = Earth. In Western astrology, four elements are used to divide the twelve signs of the zodiac: fire signs — Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, earth signs — Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, air signs — Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, water signs — Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
In early Buddhism, the four primary material elements were hardness, fluidity, temperature and mobility, characterized respectively as earth, water, fire and air.
The four elements: earth, water, fire and air are classic elements that have been used in various philosophical concepts.
According to Aristotle, each element represented one of the states of a single primary matter — a certain combination of basic qualities: heat, cold, humidity and dryness:
Heat + dryness = Fire.
Heat + humidity = The air.
Cold + humidity = Water.
Cold + dryness = Earth.
In Western astrology, four elements are used to divide the twelve signs of the zodiac: fire signs — Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, earth signs — Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, air signs — Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, water signs — Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
In early Buddhism, the four primary material elements were hardness, fluidity, temperature and mobility, characterized respectively as earth, water, fire and air.