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The greeks believed that fire was a state of matter. how did atomists describe fire?

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Answer: atomists before Leucippus and Democritus described fire as being one of the four origins of matter, but Democritus and Leucippus described fire as being just likeeverything else and being composed of atoms.

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atomists believed that all the things that exist in nature consist of two fundamental principles, which are atom and void. The atomists tend to describe fire as an original substance and could change into all other elements and substances while coming through the universe from the top to bottom. The fact is, fire is only a result of another reaction that releases energy toward its environment
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