Dissertation on Loathing and Hatred

...therefore, it is hereditary and comes from the father; after GOD, the Best and Greatest, whose gifts are the conveniences we use, the light we enjoy, and the breath we draw, it is entirely necessary that something else approaches which hinders the appetite for such foods and destroys digestion.

For digestion original: πέψις (pepsis). In ancient and early modern medicine, this referred to the "cooking" or processing of food by the body's internal heat., the first offspring of the vegetative soul—which everyone knows occurs in the stomach, the vessels, and the members of the human body—is not perfected solely by the power of natural heat, or if you prefer, innate warmth. Otherwise, MAN would be able to devour and process Hellebore like Quails and Goats; Hemlock—which Averroës The 12th-century Islamic philosopher and physician (1126–1198) known for his commentaries on Aristotle. and the Arabs call Napellum—like Starlings; Henbane and Mandrake like Swine; Spanish flies like Swallows; Scorpions like Hens; and Snakes like Storks.

For man possesses a far stronger innate heat than those BRUTE animals, and yet all these things are proclaimed as poisons by all Doctors; they are forbidden under the reward of life and the penalty of death. Indeed, when consumed, these very things are deadly poisons that immediately undermine, prostrate, ruin, and overthrow the entire nature of man. But through the inborn temperament of the solid and familiar members, and by their property and sympathy original: συμπαθείᾳ (sympatheia), meaning a natural agreement or "feeling together" between different parts of nature or the body. or consensus, the nourishment is transformed into another substance by this alteration. This is how NATURAL DIGESTION occurs, as can easily be gathered from Aristotle referencing Meteorology book 4, and History of Plants book 8, section 2. and Galen referencing On Simple Faculties book 5, and On Aliments book 1., who are authors superior to all exception or slander. No one will deny or take this away, unless his head seeks out a colocynth original: καλοκύνθην (kalokynthen). A bitter, purgative gourd; Lipsius is using a classical idiom to suggest that anyone who disagrees is a "gourd-head" or empty-headed. and pumpkins.

And because this temperament and these properties exist differently in different animals, it happens that their nourishment is also different, and their appetite unequal: To each...