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Ancient Elements Theory

Ancient Elements Theory is a philosophical framework in ancient natural philosophy that posits the material world as composed of a finite set of fundamental substances—such as earth, water, air, and fire—distinguished from other cosmological models by its qualitative, oppositional dynamics and its foundational role in pre-Socratic and Aristotelian explanations of change and substance.

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The mediaeval Latin translation of Euclid's Elements : made directly from the Greek

Euclid, Hubert L. L. Busard · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1987 · 42 citations

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On the Threshold of Exact Science: Selected Writings of Anneliese Maier on Late Medieval Natural Philosophy

Phillip Drennon Thomas, Anneliese Maier, Steven D. Sargent · The History Teacher · 1985 · 40 citations

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Periodic tales: a cultural history of the elements, from arsenic to zinc

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 33 citations

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FIRE IN THE BELLY: ARISTOTELIAN ELEMENTS, ORGANISMS, AND CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

James Bogen · Pacific philosophical quarterly · 1995 · 27 citations

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Euclides Graeco-Latinus: A Hitherto Unknown Medieval Latin Translation of the Elements Made Directly from the Greek

John Murdoch · Harvard Studies in Classical Philology · 1967 · 20 citations

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Authors

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  1. EU
    Euclid

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  2. GJ
    Guo Jin

    Northumbria University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  3. PD
    Phillip Drennon Thomas

    Wichita State University, United States

    1 publications · 40 citations

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  4. MW
    Michael W. Herren

    York University, Canada

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  5. YM
    Yanhuan Miao

    Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China

    1 publications · 19 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    95 citations

  2. Pitzer College

    Claremont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 45 citations

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  2. Pacific philosophical quarterly

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. The Journal of Medieval Latin

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  5. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology

    1 publications · 20 citations

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