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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Book V’s definition of death prints a predominance of badness and goodness, with a conjunction between the nouns. It does not explicitly say that badness conquers goodness. The following contrast shows the practical stakes: some living things are useful and lose power, while others become beneficial after mortification. Note 36 preserves the awkward wording instead of silently imposing a simpler moral opposition.
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- Book 5 · Death · Passage 1Latin“praedominatio malitiae & bonitatis”