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Context:   This system consisted of the four classical elements of air, earth, fire, and water, in addition to a new theory called the sulphur-mercury theory of metals, which was based on two elements: sulphur, characterising the principle of combustibility, "the stone which burns"; and mercury, characterising the principle of metallic properties.
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    • sulphur characterising the principle of combustibility "the stone which burns"
    • mercury characterising the principle of metallic properties
Full context:   The elemental system used in medieval alchemy was developed primarily by the anonymous authors of the Arabic works attributed to Pseudo Apollonius of Tyana. This system consisted of the four classical elements of air, earth, fire, and water, in addition to a new theory called the sulphur-mercury theory of metals, which was based on two elements: sulphur, characterising the principle of combustibility, "the stone which burns"; and mercury, characterising the principle of metallic properties. They were seen by early alchemists as idealised expressions of irreducible components of the universe and are of larger consideration within philosophical alchemy.
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element

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Ancient Greeks
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Philosophy
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4
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scotty

element

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Buddhism
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Philosophy
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5
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scotty
Polynym
Wu Xing

element

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Wu Xing
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Philosophy
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type
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5
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scotty
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