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In Aristotelian and alchemical philosophy, the formless, underlying substrate of all physical reality that has the potential to receive any form. It is the 'Materia Prima' sought by alchemists as the starting point for the Great Work.
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Appears in 328 Books
Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499)
Marsilio Ficino
Arnold of Brussels (compiler)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Francesco Petrarca
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Various (Turba Philosophorum, Pseudo-Lull, Albertus Magnus, etc.)
Michael Maier
Pietro d'Abano
Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni
Leone Ebreo (Judah Abravanel)
Plotinus | Ficino, Marsilio (trans.)
Iamblichus (trans. Marsilio Ficino)
Jan Baptist van Helmont
Francis Mercury van Helmont
Rene Descartes
Various Taoist Masters
Bernhardus Trevisanus|Zachaire, Denis
Comitibus, Ludovicus de
Albertus Magnus
Giulio Camillo Delminio
Vanderbeeg, I.C|von
Pistorius, Johannes
Bracesco, Giovanni
[Dippel, Johann Konrad]
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
[Loos, Onesime Henri de]
[Loos, Onesime Henri de]
Abrabanel, Jehuda
[Grasshoff, Johann]
Arnold of Brussels (compiler)
Various; ed. P. Perna
Pseudo-Dionysius (trans. Marsilio Ficino)
Various (Turba Philosophorum, Pseudo-Lull, Albertus Magnus, etc.)
Iamblichus (trans. Marsilio Ficino)
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Abrabanel, Jehuda
Abrabanel, Jehuda
Maimon, Moses ben
[Espagnet, Jean d']
[Espagnet, Jean d']
[Starkey, George]
Bacon, Roger|Alexander
Jamblichus|Proclus|Porphyrius|Psellus|Hermes Trismegistus
Abrabanel, Jehuda
Abrabanel, Jehuda
Vanderbeeg, I.C|von
anonymous
anonymous
Comitibus, Ludovicus de
[Colonne, François-Marie-Pompée]
Monte-Snyders, Johannes de
Isaac Ben Abraham Ibn Latif
Ikhwan al-Safa; ed. Friedrich Dieterici
Kirchweger, Anton Joseph
Weidenfeld, Johann Seger von
Albertus Magnus
Lazarus Zetzner (ed.)
Marsilio Ficino
Tommaso Campanella
George Ripley, pseudo-Roger Bacon, Raymond Llull, et al.
Bacon, Roger
Bacon, Roger
Bacon, Roger
Khalid ibn Yazid; Arnaldus de Villanova
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Various Authors
Aristotle; Argyropoulos, Johannes (trans.)
Andrea Cesalpino
Andrea Cesalpino
Ermolao Barbaro
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Boot, Arnold, 1606-1653; Boot, Gerhard
Herman Boerhaave
Guillaume Postel
Braccesco, Giovanni; after Jabir ibn Hayyan
Andrea Cesalpino
Plato; Calcidius; Proclus; Aristotle
Plotinus; Marsilio Ficino (translator)
Iamblichus; Marsilio Ficino (trans.)
Turba Philosophorum
Hermes Trismegistus; Marsilio Ficino
Lazarus Zetzner (ed.)
Lazarus Zetzner (ed.)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Menasseh ben Israel
Cardinal Bessarion
John Philoponus
Galen; Karl Gottlob Kühn (ed.)
Marsilio Ficino
John Philoponus
Marsilio Ficino
Avicenna; Alexander of Aphrodisias
Marsilio Ficino
Jacopo Zabarella
Jacopo Zabarella
Maimon, Moses ben
Lazarus Zetzner (ed.)
Girolamo Cardano
Jacopo Zabarella
Jacopo Zabarella
Pseudo-Aristotle
Pseudo-Aristotle
Pierre Gassendi
Francesco Patrizi
Petrus Bonus
Jacopo Zabarella
Aristoteles, v384-v322
Hermes, Trismegistus, ca. 2./4. Jh.
Blauenstein, Salomon de
Marci z Kronlandu, Jan Marek
Manget, Jean Jacques
Manget, Jean Jacques
Marci z Kronlandu, Jan Marek
Bacon, Roger
Bacon, Roger
Ibn Gabirol (Avicebron)
Bacon, Roger
Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas
Bacon, Roger
Bacon, Roger
Menasseh, Ben Israel
Menasseh, Ben Israel
Menasseh, Ben Israel
Menasseh, Ben Israel
Antonius Andreae; Thomas Aquinas
Antonius Andreae; Thomas Aquinas
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi
Solomon Trismosin
Giordano Bruno
Pierre Duhem
Iamblichus; Proclus; Porphyry; trans. Marsilio Ficino
Marcellin Berthelot
Abrabanel, Jehuda
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
Marcellin Berthelot
Nicephorus Blemmydes
Nicephorus Blemmydes
Laurent Ventura; Petrus Bonus Ferrariensis
Porphyry; Proclus; Ammonius
Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499)
Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499)
Averroes (Ibn Rushd); Simon van den Bergh (trans.)
Robert Grosseteste; Ludwig Baur (ed.)
Leone Ebreo (Judah Abravanel)
John Philoponus
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
John Philoponus
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
Theocritus (ed. Henri II Estienne)
Boot, Arnold, 1606-1653; Boot, Gerhard
Boot, Arnold, 1606-1653; Boot, Gerhard
Aristotle
Girolamo Cardano
Camillo Leonardi; Petrus Arlensis de Scudalupis
Turba Philosophorum
Michael Maier
Michael Maier
Libavius, Andreas
Christoph Scheiner
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
Various; ed. Luca Jennis
Andreas Libavius
Andrea Cesalpino
Heinrich Ritter & Ludwig Preller
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Francesco Patrizi
Francesco Patrizi
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Hermes Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus
Robert Boyle
Jean Thenaud
Dietrich Wessel Linden
Confucius; Jesuit Missionaries
Simplicius; Hermann Diels (ed.)
Ocellus Lucanus; Carlo Emanuele Vizzani (ed.)
John Philoponus; ed. Michael Hayduck
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Gianfrancesco Pico
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Gianfrancesco Pico
Postel, Guillaume
Postel, Guillaume
Schott, Franciscus Sebastianus de
Knorr von Rosenroth, Christian
Lavinheta, Bernardus de
Lavinheta, Bernardus de
Steuco, Agostino
Labadie, Jean de
Bessarion, Johannes|Aristotle|Theophrastus
Bessarion, Johannes|Aristotle|Theophrastus
Vanderbeeg, I.C|von|[Orschall, Johann Christian]
Pierre Duhem
Theocritus (ed. Henri II Estienne)
Raynaud, Théophile
Aristotle; Argyropoulos, Johannes (trans.)
Mornay, Philippe de
Giulio Camillo Delminio
Marcellin Berthelot
Libavius, Andreas
Ikhwan al-Safa; Friedrich Dieterici (ed.)
Ikhwan al-Safa; Friedrich Dieterici (ed.)
Knorr von Rosenroth, Christian
Mornay, Philippe de
Dionysius Areopagita
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Gianfrancesco Pico
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola; Gianfrancesco Pico
Antonius Andreae; Thomas Aquinas
Bessarion, Johannes|Aristotle|Theophrastus
Pierre Duhem
Aristotle; Argyropoulos, Johannes (trans.)
Robert Grosseteste; Ludwig Baur (ed.)
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
Martin Del Rio
Johann Jakob Brucker
Jacopo Zabarella
Jacopo Zabarella
Jacopo Zabarella
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
John Philoponus
Francesco Patrizi
Nicephorus Blemmydes
John Philoponus
Heinrich Ritter & Ludwig Preller
Marcellin Berthelot
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
Pierre Duhem
Marcellin Berthelot
Ermolao Barbaro
Galen; Karl Gottlob Kühn (ed.)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Marsilio Ficino
Giordano Bruno
Iamblichus / Hermes Trismegistus / Porphyry
Daniel Sennert
Various
Anonymous