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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Impression and influence name the alleged action of imagination’s stars upon a pregnant person and child. A seal impressed or a coin stamped illustrates the proposed causal relation. The image identifies an active imprint within the historical theory, not an established developmental mechanism; it should not be used to assign blame for congenital differences or later desires.
Places to read
- Book 9 · Signature · Passage 14Latin“Influentiam & Impressionem”