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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PRINCIPLE AND AN ELEMENT ?.
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The followers of Aristotle and Plato conclude that elements are discriminated from principles.

Thales the Milesian supposeth that a principle and the elements are one and the same thing, but it is evident that they vastly differ one from another.

For the elements are things compounded; but we do pronounce that principles admit not of a composition, nor are the effects of any other being.

Those which we call elements are earth, water, air, and fire.