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Claimed compatibility with nature and art

Possibile; possibile; repugnet; repugnabit; contra naturam; repugnare

Several generative arguments begin by asserting possibility or denying conflict with nature and art.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Several generative arguments begin by asserting possibility or denying conflict with nature and art. This modal language matters: the speaker defends compatibility before giving a claimed process or analogy. The homunculus passage answers a question posed about possibility, while the reproductive examples say their alleged outcomes are not contrary to nature. The assertion of compatibility remains part of the historical reasoning, not a modern demonstration that the effect occurs.

Places to read

  1. Book 1 · Generation · Passage 9Latin“arti Spagyricae & naturae nullo modo repugnet”