That Whose Existence Is Necessary

It Is In The Nature Of Water ... To Become Transformed Into Earth Through A Predominating Earthy Virtue; ... It Is In The Nature Of Earth To Become Transformed Into Water Through A Predominating Aqueous Virtue.

Those Who Deny The First Principle Should Be Flogged Or Burned Until They Admit That It Is Not The Same Thing To Be Burned And Not Burned, Or Whipped And Not Whipped.

Is It The Fault Of Wine If A Fool Drinks It And Goes Stumbling Into Darkness?

But The Fact Is That When Wine Is Taken In Moderation, It Gives Rise To A Large Amount Of Breath, Whose Character Is Balanced, And Whose Luminosity Is Strong And Brilliant. Hence Wine Disposes Greatly To Gladness, And The Person Is Subject To Quite Trivial Exciting Agents. The Breath Now Takes Up The Impression Of Agents Belonging To The Present Time More Easily Than It Does Those Which Relate To The Future; It Responds To Agents Conducive To Delight Rather Than Those Conducive To A Sense Of Beauty.

Medicine Considers The Human Body As To The Means By Which It Is Cured And By Which It Is Driven Away From Health.