Categories: Comparisons
An example of an historical analogy:
"…Helmont distinguishes between 'mere apposition' of particles and true 'wedlock'. The first of these is a 'bare commingling', which Helmont contrasts to a genuine 'marriage' that occurs when substances are deeply connected… Where modern chemistry speaks of compounds, in which recoverable elements are held together by chemical bonds, Helmont speaks of 'indissoluble marriages'."
Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino
Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino (2020) The Chemical Philosophy of Robert Boyle. Mechanicism, Chymical Atoms, and Emergence
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