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Most probably you've heard or even learned about the four classical elements fire, earth, water and air. And most probably you've asked yourself what they are all about or what their exact meaning is. Recently I read an interesting book that contained symbols for these four elements. Well, the symbol for "fire" is an upward pointing triangle (or arrow); the symbol for "earth" is a struck through downward pointing triangle (or arrow); the symbol for "water" is a downward pointing triangle (or arrow), and finally: the symbol for "air" is a struck through upward pointing triangle (or arrow). You can find a graphical representation on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element. When I saw the four symbols for the first time, it struck me: The four symbols look exactly the same as the logical symbols for the four legs of a goals package. Could it be that they do not stand for something material but for a basic logical construct, the four classes of postulates contained in a goals package in particular? Well, it seems so: The upward pointing triangle (fire) represents the postulate "to be known" (outflowing / male); the downward pointing triangle (water) represents the postulate "to know" (inflowing/ female); the struck through upward pointing triangle (air) represents the postulate "to be not-known" (not outflowing / not male) and finally: the struck through downward pointing triangle (earth) represents the postulate "to not-know" (not inflowing / not female). And it is said that they are elementary and that all existing things are made of them. Well, nothing could be more true; the four classes of postulates are in fact elementary and form – as goals packages – everything existing. Sometimes one hears of a fifth element. It is called "ether" or "void". Well, what could that be? Life itself of course. Dennis says, that this universe consists of nothing else than life and postulates. For me – thanks to TROM – another mystery is solved (known instead of not-known).
Best wishes Leo Faulhaber
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