>Water is an elementMakes sense, I can see why you'd think there's no smaller 'thing' you can break it into.>Air is an elementMakes sense, for the same reason.>Fire is an elementBut fire doesn't have physical mass, like the others, and clearly cannot sustain its existence on its own.>Earth is an elementYou can just look at the dirt and see it's made out of many distinct things.What were the Greeks thinking? Don't even get me started on Chinese elements with wood and metal.
>>18667205>Air is wet>Earth is dryWhat were they thinking?
>>18667205>fire doesn't have physical mass, like the others, and clearly cannot sustain its existence on its own.It simply appears that way because it's lighter than air, thus it always flies away.>You can just look at the dirt and see it's made out of many distinct thingsObviously that's not pure elemental earth, it's just matter than is more earthy than anything else. The elements are not found in their pure forms.
