Philosophy
- Classical elements, the ancient belief about the fundamental types of matter (usually four in number), expressed in their Aristotelian forms as fire, earth, air and water.
- Bhūta are five elements in Hinduism
- Five elements (Japanese philosophy), the basis of the universe according to Japanese philosophy
- Mahābhūta, Buddhist great elements
- Tattva, the basis of the universe according to Hindu Samkhya philosophy
- Wu Xing, sometimes translated as five elements, the basis of the universe according to Chinese Taoism
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Famous quotes containing the word philosophy:
“The philosophy of action for action, power for the sake of power, had become an established orthodoxy. “Thou has conquered, O go-getting Babbitt.””
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“There is, I confess, a hazard to the philosophical analysis of humor. If one rereads the passages that have been analyzed, one may no longer be able to laugh at them. This is an occupational hazard: Philosophy is taking the laughter out of humor.”
—A.P. Martinich (b. 1946)
“My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living in illusion as a goal!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)