Definition of archeus:
(n) :
the vital principle or
force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for the growth and
continuation of all living beings
"2003: Willis rejected not just scholasticism's 'substantial forms' but Paracelsus's 'archeus' doctrine as well. -- Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 56)"
Definition of archeus:
(n) :
the vital principle or
force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for the growth and
continuation of all living beings
"2003: Willis rejected not just scholasticism's 'substantial forms' but Paracelsus's 'archeus' doctrine as well. -- Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 56)"