Chapter Egoism to Elector of E by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Eleatic Philosophy Founded by Xenophanes of Elea about B.C. 530. The Ionic school believed there was but one element; the Eleatics said there were four or six, as heat and cold, moisture and dryness, odd and even, from the antagonisms of which visible objects sprang: Thus, Fire is heat acting on dryness, Air is heat acting on moisture; Water is cold acting on moisture; and Earth is cold acting on dryness. (See below.)
   The New Eleatic School was founded by Leucippos of Elea, a disciple of Zeno. He wholly discarded the phantasmagoric theory, and confined his attention to the physical properties of the visible world. He was the father of the Atomic System, in which the agency of chance was again revived.

Elecampane and Amrida Sweetmeats which confer immortality (Latin, helenium campana or inula campana). Pliny tells us the plant so called sprang from Helen's tears. The sweetmeat so called is a coarse sugar-candy. There was also an electuary so called, said to cure wounds given in fight.

"Here, take this essence of elecampane;
Rise up, Sir George, and fight again."
Miracle Play of St. George.

Elector A prince who had a vote in the election of the Emperor of Germany. Napoleon broke up the old German empire, and the college of electors fell asunder.
   The Great Elector. Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620-1688).