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…four elements are air, fire, water, and earth, which are mixed with one another in all things.” And later: “Concerning the quality and substance of the heavens, it is enough to set forth what we find in the writings of Isaiah, who expressed the nature of the heavens in simple and familiar terms, saying that God ‘made firm the heavens like smoke,’ wishing …
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