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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Sugar and honey begin the examples of sweet things whose life is a subtle tinging sweetness. Honey also appears as a material in the copper discussion, and sugar or honey supplies the comparison for allegedly sweetened Mercury. These uses should remain distinct: a familiar sweet substance can be an example, an ingredient or a simile without making the compared mineral preparation edible.
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- Book 4 · Life · Passage 12Latin“sacchari, mellis”