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Water’s flow and freezing in the life account

cursum; cursus; glaciem; glacies; congelatur; aqua; aquae; Cursus

Water’s course is identified as its life, and freezing into ice is correspondingly described as death.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Water’s course is identified as its life, and freezing into ice is correspondingly described as death. The relation depends on the loss of flowing movement, not on a general denial that solid things can live, since the book assigns life to many solids. The accompanying claim about inability to drown is qualified by note 35 and must not be treated as advice about ice safety.

Places to read

  1. Book 4 · Life · Passage 17Latin“vitam aquae esse cursum eius”