Water and life
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https://doi.org/10.1590/ts.v5i1/2.84942Keywords:
Water, Utility, Imagery, Simbolism, Source of life, Purification, Regeneration, Erotism, DeathAbstract
It is an interpretation exercise of the phrase "everything is water", attributed to Thales of Miletus. After presenting the common sense, scientific and philosophical points of view on the utility of water for life, an attempt is made to symbolically retrieve its deepest meanings as source, purification and regeneration of human life. The article suggests that pollution of waters by the modern industrial society brutally attacks not only biological but also psychic life.
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