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archeus | arches |
The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
*1662 , (Henry More), , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 68:
* 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 56)
*2006 , (Philip Ball), The Devil's Doctor , Arrow 2007, p. 250:
*:But Paracelsus' theory of the archeus and the alchemy of life inevitably led him into deeper waters.
As a noun archeus
is the vital principle or force believed by the paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.As a proper noun arches is
, a national park in utah.archeus
English
(wikipedia archeus)Noun
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- Willis rejected not just scholasticism's ‘substantial forms’ but Paracelsus's ‘archeus ’ doctrine as well.