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Sal Lumen and Spiritus Mundi Philosophici
Clovis Hesteau de Nuysement · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The “elevative” water rises, while the “congelative” water stays and fixes. Nuysement uses this contrast in a reconstruction of primordial separation: the two behaviours explain how an enduring saline foundation remains when a more mobile moisture departs. The names assign roles within his argument, not two identified liquids ready to be purchased or combined. He presents the reconstruction as naturally probable, not as an eyewitness account of creation. The accompanying language of taste is part of his historical evidentiary rhetoric, not a recommendation to sample unknown materials.
Places to read
- Book Two · Chapter 2 · Unit 8The first rises in evaporation; the second remains fixed, enabling a settled salt foundation.
Attested forms
l'eau elevative; l'eau congelative