Note 47 — Chapter IX · PERSONALITY AND REASON
Reading edition
Even gas, though it is an arbitrary creation, was intended by van Helmont to resemble chaos, a Greek word which is derived from a verb ‘chaskein’, meaning to ‘yawn’ or ‘gape’.
Reading edition
Even gas, though it is an arbitrary creation, was intended by van Helmont to resemble chaos, a Greek word which is derived from a verb ‘chaskein’, meaning to ‘yawn’ or ‘gape’.