Four Elements

At the age of 12 he rejected the theory of Four Elements of Aristotle and proved that it is wrong. He remarked : “I wonder how a man like Aristotle could say that in the world there are only four elements: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. The Earth is not an element. It contains many elements. Each metal, which is in the earth, is an element.For 1,000 years this theory was never refuted, and remained the corner stone of physics. Imam Jafar as-Sadiq proved that Water, Air, and Fire were also not elements, but a mixture of elements. This he said 1,100 years before theRead More →