quintessence

Japanese: quintessence
quintessence

…The Aristotelian philosophy, which had been rejected up until then, was accepted by the Christian world as something that could help understand the divine light of nature, and its idea of ​​the fifth element, combined with the idea specific to alchemy that the heavenly things extend deeply into the earth, was considered important as quinta essentia (meaning the fifth essence, in English quintessence), that is, the essence of things. Bacon, as well as Raymond Lull, a notable Christian who was fluent in Arabic, tried to unite supernatural theology and natural philosophy. …

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Japanese:

…これまでは排斥されていたアリストテレス哲学が,神的な自然の光を理解させるものとしてキリスト教世界に受容され,その第五元素の考え方は,天界のものが地上に深く及んでいるという錬金術特有の発想とあいまって,クインタ・エッセンティアquinta essentia(〈第5のエッセンス〉の意。英語ではquintessence),つまり,ものの〈精髄〉として重要視された。 ベーコンもさることながら,ライムンドゥス・ルルスは,アラビア語にたんのうな注目すべきキリスト教徒で,超自然の神学と自然の哲学とを一つのものにしようと努力した。…

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