In his On Generation and Corruption, Aristotle related each of the four elements proposed earlier by Empedocles, earth, water, air, and fire, to two of the four sensible qualities, hot, cold, wet, and dry.
ɪn hɪz ˌɔn dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃən ænd kɚɹˈʌpʃən, ˈæɹɪstˌɑːɾəl ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd ˈiːtʃ əv ðə fˈoːɹ ˈɛlɪmənts pɹəpˈoʊzd ˈɜːlɪɚ baɪ ɛmpˈɛdɑːkəlz, ˈɜːθ, wˈɔːɾɚ, ˈɛɹ, ænd fˈaɪɚ, tə tˈuː ʌvðə fˈoːɹ sˈɛnsᵻbəl kwˈɔlᵻɾiz, hˈɑːt, kˈoʊld, wˈɛt, ænd dɹˈaɪ.