Mean, measure and regimen

Meaning

The right mean concerns governed proportion rather than haste. In the account of the body's refreshment, the author insists that increasing heat does not mean hurrying the work; the measure and governance of fire require continued attention. The timing discussion then refuses to prescribe one certain period because the philosophers' reported results differ. Keeping the right mean is joined to observing Nature, not to obeying a universal clock. English “measure” and “mean” register this contextual range of mittel, which can otherwise look like the ordinary noun “means.”