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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

15858	Traditionally, the four elements are just what persists through change [Harte,V]
	Full Idea: Earth, air, fire and water, viewed as elements, are, by tradition, the leading candidates for being the things that persist through change.
	From: Verity Harte (Plato on Parts and Wholes [2002], 4.4)
	A reaction: Physics still offers us things that persist through change, as conservation laws.