Dialogue on Divine and Human Love

...center, which is the farthest from Heaven; it likes to be near the Water and near the Air from below, but not from above. For if it finds itself above, it flees to the bottom and never rests until it is as far from Heaven as possible.
SO. And why does it do this, since every good comes from Heaven?
PH. It does so because it is the heaviest / and the coarsest original: "grossa," referring to the density of the material of all the elements; and being sluggish, it likes rest more than any of the others. Since Heaven is always in continuous motion without ever stopping, the Earth, in order to remain still, distances itself from it as much as it can. Only in the center (which is the lowest point) does it find rest, surrounded by Water on one side and by Air on the other.

SO. I have understood about the Earth; tell me about the Water.
PH. Water also has something of the heavy / and the sluggish, but not as much as the Earth, yet more than the others. For this reason, it too flees from Heaven / so as not to move with speed, as the Air / and the Fire do. It seeks the depths / and likes to stay close to the Earth; but above and below it has the Air, for which it feels love, whereas with Fire it has enmity and hatred. Because of this, it flees / and distances itself from it, and cannot bear to stay with it without the company of the others.

SO. Tell me about the Air?
PH. To the Air (by its lightness and subtlety) the celestial nature and proximity are pleasing; and with its levity: its natural lack of weight it seeks it as much as it can and ascends on high. It does not go immediately next to the heavens, because it is not of a substance as purified as Fire, which takes the first place. Therefore, Air loves to be near Fire, beneath it, and also loves the vicinity of the Water / and of the Earth; but it cannot be below them, only above. With ease, it follows the continuous circular motion of the heavens, and it is friendly to Fire and to Water. Because these two are contrary enemies to one another, Air has placed itself in the middle of them / as a friend to both, so that they cannot damage each other with continuous war.

SO. I still need to know about the Fire.
PH. Fire is the most subtle / and light / and purified of all the elements; it has love for none of them / except for the Air, whose proximity it enjoys; thus it stays above it. It loves the heavens and never rests, wherever it finds itself, until it is near them. This is the social love: the natural attraction or "affinity" that keeps the physical elements in their proper order found in the four Elements.

SO. I like this, but why have you not assigned in this the cause of why Fire is so hot, and Water is so cold, and the qualities of the others?
PHILO. Because this does not belong to the knowledge of love, but I will tell you, for it is useful to the others. Know that the Heavens, with their continuous motion, and with the rays of the Sun and the other Planets and Fixed Stars of the eighth Heaven, heat this globe of the dead body: the material, sublunary world which is considered "dead" or inert compared to the living, moving heavens,