Professor Virohsa frowned. "Greek Philosophy!", she said loudly. "2 pts for Slytherin"... "The four elements -- earth, water, air, and fire -- dominated natural philosophy for two thousand years". "Which Greek philosopher developed this theory?"

ooc- had to change it because Nadia was right and I missed her post.

Peony raised her hand to answer the professor's question. "The Chinese Fengshui-?" she pronounced the Chinese words as they were supposed to be said: Wind, water. "It's the yin and yang theory. Along with that, the Chinese zodiac have the twelve animals divided into those four categories, and metal as well. The sacred animals of China, each belonging to one specific direction are also said to control their particular element. The Genbu - tortoise is earth. The Phoenix is obviously fire. Dragons symbolize rain, therefore water, and the tiger is air. North, East, South, West."

Kay raised her hand again. "It was the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles, Professor Virohsa."

Nadia raised her hand again, "There were various philophers. Some of them were Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes and Heraclitus."

Jessica raised her hand. " we associate with the elements as guides " " plants can have different types of powers, some are fire, some are water, some are earth, and some are air"

Professor Virohsa looked at Peony. "That may correct, however, we are focusing on Greek Philosophy". She turned towards Kay who was now answering the question. "Good, 1 pt awarded", she replied. She listened to the other responses and frowned. She didn't ask for those details. "Thank you Nadia and Jessica"..

"The premise that everything was formed from these four elements was developed by the Greek philosopher Empepedocles of Sicily. Lets start talking about the four different elements. Lets begin with the element of Earth. What does Earth represent?"

Hoping she finally knows a correct answer, Ginn raises her hand saying:

"Earth represents just that. The land and plant life that grows on it."

Kay raised her hand again. "Earth represents cold and dry elements."

Professor Virohsa shook her head. "Well, that's the definition of earth. I'm looking for what Earth represented in Greek Philosophy"

ooc: Er, I might differ From a Philosophy student, Thales of Miletus was first; he was pretty much the father of Greek philosophy and to him water was the basis of all things, Emphedocles was much afterwards -__-


Nadia raised her hand again, "The element earth is the name given to all material living and non-living substance on the planet, with the exception of air and water. The diversity of the ancient element earth is thus of extremely high order. Earth is the generic metaphysical name applied to all substances within the terrestrial environment. Whereas by chemical and atomic analysis, the hundred plus different atomic elements are uniquely specified as the atomic elements, the ancient element earth encompasses them all. In the form of food, to be ingested into the metabolic matrix of living systems, it shares, along with its fellow ancient elements of nature, its status an element of life, an element of survival."

Professor Virohsa nodded. "Very good, 3 pts for Slytherin". "Also, the Earth represents stability, permanence and rigidity. Earth is considered a stable substance. Earth is made up of almost one hundred atomic elements; mystically, the classification of earth is an "element" of Life".

"How about water?"

jessica raised her hand. "Earth is represented in the forms of burying objects in the earth, herbalism, and making images out of wood or stone.The manifestations of the Element of Earth are all plants and trees, mountains, forests, caves, and gardens"

Jessica raised her hand. "Water is represented in the forms of pouring water over objects, brew making, healing spells, ritual bathing, and tossing objects into bodies of water.The manifestations of the Element of Water are rivers, oceans, lakes, wells, fog, all drinks, and the rain"

OOC- Please don't SPAM my thread. EDIT your post next time.

Professor Virohsa looked at Jessica. "Sorry dear, we already moved on.. And no, I'm looking for the philosophical representation of Water", she replied as she continued to wait for students to answer her question.

sorry professor

Kali continued to take notes. She listened to everyone and the professor answeering the answers, thinking of things herself.

She then raised her hand and answered, "Water chacterizes the liquid state. It is necessary for all living things to survive. A large part of the human body is made up of water. Water is a substance without stability."

Rosa stared in front of her wondering how to describe water on a philosophical way. what would philosophers say about water? she knew she'd read it somewhere once... it was clear. it could catch the light, was translucent, cleaning... then she suddenly remembered it. she raised her hand 'some ancient greec philosophers believed everything consisted of water, that it really was the only element. and they were really close to the truth, if you think how much percent of a cucumber or a human is water. you could say water gives... life... nothing grows in the desert except some plants in oases and plants like cactuses, who know how to keep water in them for a very long time. on some way, it even is light, by reflecting it, and colour, like the rainbow.' she dropped her hand hoping she was right.

Professor Virohsa nodded. Well done Rosa and Kari. Since your answers complimented each other, I will award 1 pt for Kari and 2 pts for Rosa. Now, how about Fire?", she asked the class.

Since students didn't answer, Virohsa answered for them, "Fire is the power to transform solids into liquids, to gas, and back again. In other words, it posses power to transform the state of any substance. Fire is considered a form without substance".

And, "Air is the space in which everything happens. It is the field that is simultaneously the source of all matter and the space in which it exists. Air is only the distances which seperate matter. The chief characteristic of Air is sound. Here sound represents the entire spectrum of vibration", she told the class.

"Very well. I want you to read these concepts carefully. I will place the homework later on. Also, please put your name on the Bulletin Board for the Greenhouse if you want to be a Greenhouse Caretaker or Plant Caretaker".

ooc- Sorry but it was going too slow and I need to go.

Kali copied note some more notes over the professor's lecture. She then put everything back into her bag.



ooc- It's Kali, not Kari. : )

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Bulletin Board
Homework Board

Laurasia quickly finished copying down her notes & homework assignment & then packed her things up before leaving the room.

Pacilla had listened to the professor talk about the elements and diligently took notes. She wasn't good with answering questions and almost all the time there would be others to beat her to the answer, so she had just sat quietly taking notes. She copied down the homework and made her way out of the classroom and to the common room to get a start on the homework.

Lily quickly copied the information stated in class.Tryin to focus she listens with determination.

Rem wrote notes as quickly as she could knowing this could be on the homework.

Jaren scribbled furiously on the parchment, even though he had reviewed these things ahead of time and was well aware of them. It never hurt to have notes on hand, after all.

Harmony listened to Professor Virohsa's announcements and lesson and took down notes. Maybe she'd be a plant caretaker for a day if she wasn't too busy