Editing Classical element (section)

=== Neo-Platonism ===
The [[Neoplatonic]] philosopher [[Proclus]] rejected Aristotle's theory relating the elements to the sensible qualities hot, cold, wet, and dry. He maintained that each of the elements has three properties. Fire is sharp ([[wikt:ὀξύτης|ὀξυτητα]]), subtle ([[wikt:λεπτομέρεια|λεπτομερειαν]]), and mobile ([[wikt:εὐκινησία|εὐκινησιαν]]) while its opposite, earth, is blunt ([[wikt:αμβλύτητα|αμβλυτητα]]), dense ([[wikt:παχύς|παχυμερειαν]]), and immobile ([[wikt:ακίνητος|ακινησιαν]]<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Siorvanes |first=Lucas |date=1986 |title=Proclus on the Elements and the Celestial Bodies: Physical Thought in Late Neoplatonism |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317977/1/311636.pdf |page=168 |access-date=}}</ref>); they are joined by the intermediate elements, air and water, in the following fashion:<ref>{{Citation |author=Proclus |title=Commentary on Plato's ''Timaeus'' |at=3.38.1–3.39.28}}</ref>

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! Fire 
| style="background: pink" | Sharp ||  style="background: pink" | Subtle ||  style="background: pink" | Mobile
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! Air 
| style="background: lightgreen" | Blunt ||  style="background: pink" | Subtle ||  style="background: pink" | Mobile
|-
! Water 
| style="background: lightgreen" | Blunt || style="background: lightgreen" | Dense ||  style="background: pink" | Mobile
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! Earth 
| style="background: lightgreen" | Blunt || style="background: lightgreen" | Dense || style="background: lightgreen" | Immobile
|}