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If the subject of the laws of attraction came up in conversation, there is little doubt that the book and documentary film, called, The Secret would be discussed, since it is all about the metaphysical concept of the law of attraction. Most people do not realize there are also laws of attraction in science, philosophy and sociology. In the fifth century BC, the Greek philosopher, Empedocles, spoke of philia and neikos; or attractive and repulsive forces.
Empedocles postulated that strife brings about repulsion and love results in attraction. He said that the physical universe it comprised of varying proportions of Earth, air, fire and water, which Plato would later label, (the four elements); and that every structure that will ever come into existence, actually exists already within those elements. He also alluded to helping create the world we see, through the process of perception.
Plato continued with a good portion of Empedocles' body of work, including the concept of the attractive force, or philia. He went on to say that, like attracts like, as in, fire to fire or water to water.
In 1250, Albertus Magnus used this principle, in creating the first of his four laws of affinity of chemical systems. In 1687, Isaac Newton overhauled those laws, turning them into one law that was related to the laws of planetary motion.
In 1718 Etienne Geoffroy, a French doctor & chemist, read the first law of affinity of Newton and proposed a second one. He stated that a third substance that had a stronger attraction to one of two other substances that were united in attraction, could repel the weaker of the 2 substances & unite with the stronger one. The 2 laws of affinity became 6 in 1749, when another French chemist, Pierre Macquer added 4 new laws, and then seventeen years later, in 1766, he added a seventh.
What about human relationships? Do opposites really attract, or do likes attract? Most sociologists say that this argument is overwhelming slanted in favor of likes attract, especially in terms of marriage. Most couples, at the time of marriage, share similar levels of attractiveness or sex appeal, education, social status, religious and political views and economic status, but this is not complete, by any means. One can always find exceptions.
Metaphysically speaking, the laws of attraction, deal with the principle that everything is energy, including human beings, and that we draw events and other people into our lives based on the type of energy we produce, in our thoughts, feelings, beliefs and visualizations. There are countless stories of people who turned their lives around completely by taking charge what they were feeding their minds. Letting go of inappropriate fear is said to be among the most powerful things one can do.
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