WORD FACT
“Quintessence” literally means “fifth essence”.
The idea goes back to ancient Greek philosophy and Aristotle, who proposed that in addition to the four classical elements (earth, air, fire, and water), there must be a fifth (aether) making up the heavens.
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Took a philosophy class that covered assisted dying. One guy wanted to die because he couldn't afford his disability equipment so his life was shit and he had no independence. Apparently "why don't they just give him the equipment instead of killing him" was the wrong answer?????
giant structures of superheated gas multiple times larger than our entire solar system just kind of out there as specks barely brighter than another star