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The life of arsenical substances, auripigment, orpiment, realgar and similar materials is a mineral and coagulated poison.
What the life of dung and so forth is.
The life of undosa—that is, all human and animal dung—is their strong and fetid smell. When they have lost it, they are dead.
What the life of aromatic things is.
The life of aromatic things—musk, ambergris, civet and whatever gives off a strong, good, sweet smell—is nothing but the pleasing smell itself. If they lose it, they are dead and useless things.
What the life of sweet things is.
The life of sweet things, such as sugar, honey, manna, cassia fistula and the like, is a tinging and subtle sweetness. If that sweetness is taken away by distillation or sublimation, they are dead and insipid things which no longer have any value.
What the life of resins is.
The life of resins, such as amber, turpentine and gum, is a mucilaginous, shining fatness. They all yield an excellent varnish; when they no longer yield varnish and lose their shine, they are dead.
What the life of plants is.
The life of plants, roots, apples and other fruits of that kind is nothing but the liquor of earth, which they lose of themselves if they merely lack water and earth.
What the life of woods is.