Material and substantial separation

materialiter; substantialiter; seorsim; separatim

These adverbs specify the kind of separation undertaken in Book Eight: each constituent is set apart materially and substantially from a composite body.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

These adverbs specify the kind of separation undertaken in Book Eight: each constituent is set apart materially and substantially from a composite body. The author contrasts this subject with the separation of elements already assigned to the Archidoxis. The wording therefore establishes a local scope boundary, not merely emphatic decoration or a general claim that every separation is identical.

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  1. Book 8 · Separation · Passage 3Latin“materialiter ac substantialiter”