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  1. Earth Element

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    The identification of a primary 'Earth' substance predates formalized Western philosophical systems. Babylonian cosmology often posited a solid, primordial foundation upon which the cosmos was structured. Within the Greek framework, the adoption of Earth as an elemental category followed the logical necessity of explaining non-volatile matter observed in everyday phenomena. Plato, in his dialogue Timaeus, assigned the [dodecahedron]…

  2. Earth Element

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    [1] Plato. Timaeus. Section 55c-d.
    [2] Poseidonius of Rhodes. On the Nature of the Whole. Fragment B. The Attic Press, Athens, 1908.
    [3] Anonymous. "The Sympathetic Resonance of Kaolinite Under Acoustic Stress." Journal of Ancient Mechanics, Vol. 12 (188 BCE).
    [4] Hermes Trismegistus. The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus. (Modern scholarly commentary by Dr. A. Volkov, 1952).