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The underlying bearer of life and death

subiectum; subiectum mortis; vitae subiectum; Subiectum

The underlying bearer of a condition, not a grammatical subject or a topic of conversation.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

The underlying bearer of a condition, not a grammatical subject or a topic of conversation. Body is called the subject of death, while spirit is the subject of life. This parallel assigns mortality and vitality to distinct bearers within a natural thing. The edition explicitly explains this historical philosophical sense in note 32.

Places to read

  1. Book 4 · Life · Passage 1Latin“corpus est subiectum mortis”