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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The opening definition describes life as invisible and intangible, qualities that distinguish its spiritual character from ordinary sensory apprehension of a body. Hidden does not mean ineffective: the spirit is said to contain the thing’s virtue and power. Later the earth’s element is called invisible hidden life, even while earth in itself is called dead.
Places to read
- Book 4 · Life · Passage 1Latin“invisibilem & impalpabilem rem”