( n. )
The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.
( n. )
The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012