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Is matter the counterpart of the idea, or a creation of the spirit? Plato (Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC) raised a demiurge, which is a benevolent God, as a carrier of ideas, who created from these the elements earth, water, air, fire and ether and set them as the basis for all other bodies.
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Stan, C. (2022). Matter. In: Energy versus Carbon Dioxide. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64162-0_1
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