| 单词 | fifth substance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfifth substance fifth substance n. = quintessence n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > fifth essence quintessencec1460 heavena1475 fifth substance1561 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. iv. sig. A vv The quint essence or fyfte substaunce, is a body of it selfe. 1635 D. Person Varieties i. 8 You conclude then that the heavens are of a fift substance, not alembecked out of the foure elements, but an element by it selfe? 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Distillation Some have added a fifth Substance, to which they have given the Name of Spirit. 1756 J. Dove Ess. on Inspiration 117 Besides earth, water, air, and fire..I know not any thing: what then is this fifth substance? It is..the æther. 1896 S. J. Silberstein Disclosures of Universal Myst. iii.132 The matter of which the spheres are composed is purer and higher than the Hyle of sublunar creation;..Aristotle calls it the fifth substance. 1988 L. A. Marschall Supernova Story (1994) iv. 71 Heavenly bodies, Aristotle taught, were composed solely of a fifth substance. < as lemmas |
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