Paracelsian elements sustain each other through mutual consensus
Evidence
In this sense, all four elements derived strength and nourishment from harmony with the others or conversely were weakened by the “errors” of the others. — Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature, 510
Categorization
- XREF: The mutual-consensus interdependence of elements prefigures the organic cosmology’s interdependent-body themes drawn out in ch30’s ‘all parts of nature mutually suffer together.’ — connects to: Tacit coordination works through mutually recognized focal points — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 134; Consensus is shaped and structured by unequal power rather than freely formed — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 919; A shared external reference point unifies otherwise isolated elements into a group (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- A shared external reference point unifies otherwise isolated elements into a group
#corroborates(0.80) - Tacit coordination works through mutually recognized focal points
#expands(0.72) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 134 - Consensus is shaped and structured by unequal power rather than freely formed
#qualifies(0.72) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 919 - Mutual acknowledgment of shared fragility binds speculative communities together
#qualifies(0.71) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 27