Alchemy, The Four Elements

An illustration from an alchemical treatise, 1616. The ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles was the first to propose four elements, fire, earth, air, and water. He called them the four roots. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry

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1600s Alchemist Alchemy Elements Enhance Mystical Mysticism Pseudo-scieince Pseudoscience Seventeenth

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