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It’s like them insisting that there are only three states of matter even though there’s a lot more than that.
I was thinking of Aristotle’s elemental system of air, earth, fire, and water (and aether). Centuries spent arguing what exact combination of these essences formed different kinds of matter, based on
Only with the Enlightenment is there a resurgence of atomism, the idea that all matter is made of identical substance which can be configured into various shapes to take on different observable qualities. Gender essentialism is the same logic as the first case.
