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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The author announces a move from theory to the practice of separation and then to a particular kind, metals. The transition distinguishes a general account from specific operations without abandoning the preceding concepts. Species here concerns a kind or particular case, not necessarily a modern biological species. The wording clarifies the architecture of Book Eight’s exposition.
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- Book 8 · Separation · Passage 15Latin“missa iam theorica, ipsam separationis practicam”