Re: Mass/Energy

[Roger Haar <haar@PHYSICS.ARIZONA.EDU>]

Hi,

        I have long thought that Aristotle gets falsely
maligned because he labeled Earth, Water, Wind and
Fire as the four elements.  If he had called them
the four states of matter ( solid, liquid, gas,
plasma) everyone would think he was way ahead of
his time.  I openly admit my ignorance on how he
classified ice, but this point would clarify how
he was thinking.  Does anyone know?

Thanks
Roger Haar

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Jim Green wrote:
> Aristotle
> It all started with Aristotle. The poor man --  he watched TV and learned
> about Earth, Fire, Air, and Water perhaps from Bill Nye or maybe Plato, who
> had some very strange ideas.   And he taught this to his students,
> including Alexander the Great. (Maybe that is the problem.)    And they
> taught it to their students and they taught it to their students and they ....