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 1   I, 1 |         Empedocles says that Fire, Water, Air, and Earth are four
 2   I, 1 |           affirm that Earth, Fire, Water, and Air are composite;
 3   I, 1 |        possible for Fire to become Water, or Water to become Earth,
 4   I, 1 |           Fire to become Water, or Water to become Earth, neither
 5   I, 1 |           One that this came-to-be Water, and that Fire, various
 6   I, 1 |         Earth to come to-be out of Water and Water out of Earth,
 7   I, 1 |        come to-be out of Water and Water out of Earth, and for each
 8   I, 1 |        presumably Fire, Earth, and Water had no distinctive existence
 9   I, 2 |            to passing-away. For if water has first been "dissociated"
10   I, 2 |        quickly: while, if drops of water have first been "associated",
11   I, 3 |          these things-Fire, Earth, Water, Air-are characterized by "
12   I, 4 |           converted into blood, or water into air, or air as a whole
13   I, 4 |             or air as a whole into water), such an occurrence is
14   I, 4 |           all the senses), as when water comes-to-be out of, or passes-away
15   I, 4 |           passedaway-if, e.g. when water comes-to-be out of air,
16   I, 5 |        e.g. air comes-to-be out of water the process were due not
17   I, 5 |           being "contained in" the water as in a vessel. This is
18   I, 5 |            thus "contained in" the water, so that they might come-to-be
19   I, 5 |            air coming-to-be out of water in this fashion, viz. withdrawing
20   I, 5 |         e.g. air is generated from water. For, although the volume
21   I, 5 |         body", and this grows. The water has not grown, nor has the
22   I, 5 |         the generation of air from water is to be regarded as growth,
23   I, 5 |          as when you mix wine with water; for each ingredient is
24   I, 5 |            the mixture of wine and water, it is the prevailing ingredient
25   I, 5 |            acts as wine but not as water. A similar principle applies
26   I, 5 |         after the image of flowing water that is measured by one
27   I, 5 |             as if one were to pour water into wine and the wine were
28   I, 5 |          influx of matter, just as water, continually mixed in greater
29   I, 8 |           are seen through air and water and other transparent bodies,
30   I, 8 |     coalesce into one, as drops of water run together when drop touches
31   I, 10|         whole, just as any part of water is water: whereas, if "combination"
32   I, 10|            as any part of water is water: whereas, if "combination"
33   I, 10|            ten thousand gallons of water: for its form is dissolved,
34   I, 10|       merge in the total volume of water.) On the other hand (ii)
35  II, 1 |            like Empedocles, reckon Water as well, thus postulating
36  II, 1 |           cold), and thirdly Fire, Water, and the like. Only "thirdly",
37  II, 3 |         simple" bodies (Fire, Air, Water, and Earth) in a manner
38  II, 3 |            of aqueous vapour); and Water is cold and moist, while
39  II, 3 |        intermediates (e.g. Air and Water) blends of these. The same
40  II, 3 |            limit", while Earth and Water are forms of the body which
41  II, 3 |           are extremes and purest: Water and Air, on the contrary
42  II, 3 |    contrary to those of the other, Water being contrary to Fire and
43  II, 3 |         the qualities constituting Water and Earth are contrary to
44  II, 3 |           dry rather than by cold, Water by cold rather than by moist,
45  II, 4 |          contrary-e.g. in Fire and Water, the first of these being
46  II, 4 |           contrary-e.g. in Air and Water, the first being moist and
47  II, 4 |      overcome by the moist. Again, Water will result from Air if
48  II, 4 |             is hot and moist while Water is cold and moist, so that,
49  II, 4 |         hot changes, there will be Water. So too, in the same manner,
50  II, 4 |             Earth will result from Water and Fire from Earth, since
51  II, 4 |        complementary factors". For Water is moist and cold while
52  II, 4 |        transformation of Fire into Water and of Air into Earth, and
53  II, 4 |           into Earth, and again of Water and Earth into Fire and
54  II, 4 |          if Fire is to result from Water, both the cold and the moist
55  II, 4 |            from Earth. So" too, if Water and Earth are to result
56  II, 4 |  reciprocal. Still, from Fire plus Water there will result Earth
57  II, 4 |            Air plus Earth Fire and Water. For there will be Air,
58  II, 4 |          Air, when the cold of the Water and the dry of the Fire
59  II, 4 |          Fire and the moist of the Water have passed-away, there
60  II, 4 |           Fire and the cold of the Water. So, too, in the same Way,
61  II, 4 |          in the same Way, Fire and Water will result from Air plus
62  II, 4 |           Earth. For there will be Water, when the hot of the Air
63  II, 5 |                               5~If Water, Air, and the like are a "
64  II, 5 |         cannot, e.g. all be Air or Water or Fire or Earth-because "
65  II, 5 |           in such a way that it is Water as well as Air (or any other "
66  II, 5 | intermediate, e.g. between Air and Water (coarser than Air, but finer
67  II, 5 |           than Air, but finer than Water), or between Air and Fire (
68  II, 5 |            both into Fire and into Water, and Water both into Air
69  II, 5 |           Fire and into Water, and Water both into Air and into Earth,
70  II, 5 |           E stand for Earth, W for Water, A for Air, and F for Fire.
71  II, 5 |           W, the "white" persists, Water will be moist and white:
72  II, 5 |            if it does not persist, Water will be black since change
73  II, 5 |         change is into contraries. Water, therefore, must be either
74  II, 5 |        able to be transformed into Water: for it has qualities contrary
75  II, 5 |     qualities contrary to those of Water, since Fire was first taken
76  II, 5 |          and then to be dry, while Water was moist and then showed
77  II, 6 |     measured. If, e.g. one pint of Water yields ten of Air, both
78  II, 6 |         power of action (a pint of Water, e.g. having a power of
79  II, 7 |          me illustrate my meaning. Water can come-to-be out of Fire
80  II, 7 |            of Fire and Fire out of Water; for their substralum is
81  II, 7 |           it follows that Fire and Water do not come-to-be "out of
82  II, 7 |   coming-to-be when "both Fire and Water come-to-be out of any and
83  II, 8 |        place. And they all contain Water because (a) the compound
84  II, 8 |     possess a definite outline and Water, alone of the "simple" bodies,
85  II, 8 |             They contain Earth and Water, then, for the reasons we
86  II, 8 |          are contrary to Earth and Water (Earth being contrary to
87  II, 8 |          being contrary to Air and Water to Fire, in so far as one
88  II, 8 |            substance only, viz. by Water, are fed by more than one:
89  II, 8 |            has been mixed with the Water. That is why farmers too
90  II, 9 |         that come to-be by nature. Water does not of itself produce
91  II, 10|          circular motion. For when Water is transformed into Air,
92  II, 10|             and the Fire back into Water, we say the coming-to-be "
93  II, 11|        numerically. That why, when Water comes-to-be from Air and
94  II, 11|  comes-to-be from Air and Air from Water, the Air is the same "specifically",