What did Nikola Tesla and Plato mean with the element ether?

In ancient and medieval times scholars and philosophers believed that there was a medium which filled out the space of the universe. This medium was called aether or ether, or also quintessence. read more

Aristotle, a disciple of Plato, introduced a new first element which later was referred to as the fifth or also aether by his commentators. Medieval alchemists used the name quintessence, derived from Latin, to indicate the fifth element, a medium similar or identical to that thought to make up the heavenly bodies. read more

sigh Nicola Tesla did the bulk of his work before Einstein did his. He worked in the old paradigm. For a while after Einstein's paper and the michelson-morely experiment, there was some debate about special relativity. There is no longer any room for debate on the matter. read more

Nikola Tesla went far beyond electricity. He ventured into the engineering of the underlying field of force behind electricity, gravity and all non-physical phenomena. He was the first Aetheric Engineer and this is what scared the bankers above all else. read more