Maudlin, Tim (2024) Earth, Air, Fire and Water: A Charitable Reading of Ancient Greek Chemistry (With a Warning About Bad Translations. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This is a short comment about the most charitable way to interpret the Ancient Greek view that the "elements" are Earth, Air, Fire and Water, along with some comments about a serious flaw in widely-read translations of Plato's Timaeus.

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Item Type:	Other
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Maudlin, Tim 0000-0001-8394-7264
Keywords:	Plato, Aristotle, Empedocles, elemental change, four elements theory, Timaeus, Jowett.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Depositing User:	Prof. Tim Maudlin
Date Deposited:	29 Aug 2024 04:04
Last Modified:	29 Aug 2024 04:04
Item ID:	23849
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Chemistry General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Date:	25 August 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23849

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