What did democritus and aristole think about the composition of matter

Both Aristotle and Democritus had conflicting opinion in regards to the consumption of matter. Aristotle opposed Democritus's theory instead he believed that since matter was made of very tiny particles A.K.A atoms. That they were ultimately water,fire, air and earth.

Spontaneity tell us the direction of the reaction, but not how fast it goes. gibbs free energy brings together enthalpy, entropy and temperature in one easy formula. g = h - ts. and, finally the sign of delta g is always negative for a spontaneous reaction.