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Centrum Naturae Concentratum
Attributed to Ali Puli · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- römer glass, drinking glass, civet, musk, ambergris, golden stylus, Römer and aromatic witnesses.
Meaning
The narrator glosses a Römer as a glass and surrounds the alleged medicine with recognisable objects and intense sensory changes. Its scent is compared to civet, musk, and ambergris; the comparison does not say that these aromatics are ingredients. The golden stylus likewise belongs to the narrated scene of handling, not a demonstrated explanation of efficacy. Together the objects and sensations give the episode vivid witnessed particularity. They should be read as features of testimony rather than transformed into a reconstructed prescription.
Places to read
- Philosophical Discourse · Passage 22German“einen Römer oder Glaß” The source glosses the drinking-vessel term.
- Philosophical Discourse · Passage 22German“als wenn sie von Zibeth, Moschus und Ambra wäre” The aromatic language is expressly comparative.
- Philosophical Discourse · Passage 22German“einem güldnen Griffel” The object contributes to the scene’s material detail.