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the most excellent specimen the dolphin-fishes, the eagle-birds, the lion-beasts, the emperor-men, God-
angels, the sun, the justice, the head. The 4 elements (earth, water, air, fire) formed the ladder of the
own, the highest-heavenly fire, God. The elements were the material for the whole universe. The air
above the moon was considered as the 5 th element, called ether. The angels are arranged in a definitive
order, 3 main orders are: highest is contemplative, consists of Seraphs, Chembs and Thrones. Second is
more active- Dominations, Virtues, Powers. Third-the most active-Principalities, Archangels, Angels,
they form the medium between the angelic hierarchy and man. Each order of angels had to regulate one
of the spheres-primum mobile, the fixed stars and planets. Nature is a direct and involuntary tool of God.
Elements: the Earth, centre of the universe (cold and dry), the Water (cold and moist), the air (hot and
moist), the Fire (hot and dry)
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